W h a t o ur M e m b e r s a r e B uil d in g
I have another RV-8 under construction in my crowded
home shop. It's nice to still be able to attract family members out for a needed hand. With kit improvements and
fewer personal distractions this project is moving much
faster than the last one.
Randy and his RV-8.
Working on the second RV-8.
Fred Keip, Franksville, Wisconsin
N99FK is my Sonerai IIL that I started building in 1977
and flew for the first time in 1986. It has a 2180-cc
Great Plains VW engine with a Sterba prop, and it
cruises at 130-plus mph. I've flown it to Sun 'n Fun
three times, and it's been to AirVenture Oshkosh 20
times (the last time in 2008). It currently has 1,330
hours on the Hobbs meter and is great fun to fly.
"First Wing Install Final" is a photo of my current
project, a Wag-Aero Wag-a-Bond Traveler. I started
this project in 1998, and it's currently at the "90 percent
done, 90 percent to go" stage. It is a scratchbuilt (plansbuilt) airplane and is nearly ready for cover. The engine
will be a converted Lycoming O-290-G with a Sensenich
wood prop. Hopefully, it will be done on "Tuesday."
Fred has been fying this Sonerai IIL since 1986.
Fred is currently building a Wag-a-Bond.
Keith Phillips, Port Orange, Florida
My first aircraft was a modified Nesmith Cougar that I finished in
1966. I flew it to Oshkosh in 1970...the first year the fly-in was held
there. I currently have the aircraft apart and am rebuilding it.
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Vol.2 No.1 / January 2013
Next, I began work on an SX-300. I finished this aircraft
in June 1998, and it now has 1,400 hours on the airframe.
It's a great machine designed by Ed Swearingen. Ed built