Milestones

• January 24th, 2006. First Flight!
• November 23, 2005. Airframe complete, starting final adjustments and interior installation.
• October 27, 2005. In the Hangar at CZBB
• September 23, 2005. Ready for paint!
• September 9, 2005. Received prop... last major install on airframe.
• May 21, 2005: Hung engine and attached accessories.
• May 12, 2005: Cancelled order for P-Mag/E-Mag pair and notified AeroSport Power to ship engine with conventional mags. Left wiring provisions for future upgrade to P-Mag/E-Mag.
• Engine Ordered, January 14th, 2004 from AeroSport Power.
• Avionics Complete, November 27, 2004.  Malfunctioning D10A returned to factory for service.
• Assembled horizontal tail to fuselage, January 24, 2004.
• Right wing riveting complete, January 3, 2004.
• Empennage riveting complete, December 27, 2003.
• Wings, empennage and control surfaces inspected, November 6, 2003.
• Wings and control surfaces ready for inspection, Oct 12, 2003.
• VS, Rudder, Elevators ready for inspection, Jan 14, 2003.
• HS ready for inspection:  September 12, 2002
• Construction Date Started:  August 1, 2002

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Why an RV-9A?

I chose an RV-9A over a RV-7A for the following (personal) reasons.  Your criteria will likely be different: 

I want a stable, easy to fly airplane for cross-country and sight-seeing.  Those in the midwest get to look at farmers fields for hours on end.  Up hear near Vancouver, every flight has something to see and every destination is interesting. 

Most of my flying will be over mountains or water, so I wanted an airplane that has a generous glide ratio, slow stall speed and the short-field ability to land on logging roads or small fields (if necessary).

At the Langley (BC) fly in, where I took the RV-6A demo flight with Mike Seager, was Peter Harrison's RV-9A.  It was an amazingly beautiful airplane, with throngs of people crowded around it all day.  All of the other beautiful RV's felt neglected. 

So, the decision was made at the June 8th, 2002 Langley RV Fly-In.  I ordered the RV-9A preview plans set and started stocking my workshop with tools.  I had already converted my basement dungeon into a workshop in April-May of 2002 and built the required pair of EAA standard work tables. I won't be able to build the entire airplane in the basement, but it should be good for the empennage and wings.  On July 25, 2002 I ordered the empennage kit from Van's.  It arrived at the freight-forwarder in Blaine, Washington and I picked it up on August 1, 2002 and set to work. 

My Background

Occupation: 
Professional Engineer (EE), employed in the semiconductor industry. 
Hold 8 Patents on semiconductor and communication systems. 
Background in system design, chip design, mergers & acquistions, marketing, and airplane construction! 

Home Base:  Langley, B.C. Canada (CYNJ).  Airport is operated by George Miller, a founder of the Snowbirds
Flying Affiliations:  Boundary Bay Flying Club, Van's Airforce, COPA, RAA