Friday, June 6, 2014

EAA Counselor Visit

  EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) technical counselor, Justin Lee, and John Schoon, local EAA chapter 123 President came out and visited me and looked over the project. Greg Niehues, a fellow RV 9A builder, also came. We looked over the entire plane and I asked Justin a lot of questions. He, and the others looked over my work and they all seemed very positive. Justin wrote on the report above "craftsmanship looks great". We talked a lot about how I need to secure my hose and wire installations on the engine. We talked cowls, paint, wiring, avionics, builders logs, and FAA airworthiness inspections. After a while, they left to go look at Gregs project. I really felt good about their comments about the plane. I have not been around very many aviation people and it feels great to have someone look at my work!