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FIRST FLIGHTS Martin Sutter, Granbury TX, RV7A, 4/16/06 (More at Van's) Nathan & Rhonda Rigaud,: RV-10, 4/15/06 (More at Van's) Jeff Orear, Peshtigo, Wi., RV-6A, 4/12 (More)  Marc Ausman, RV-7. 4/16/06  Ernie Pitchard, RV-7A. 3/30/06 (More at Van's) Dana Ham, Claremont, OK. RV-6A, 4/19/06 Don Crocker, RV-10. 4/19/06

Flying Stories "Last week I made a stop at Antelope Canyon which is a slot canyon 15 minutes southeast of Page Arizona. The swirls and different views at every turn are beautiful." - Ron Lee on RV-List

The Amazing Flying Machine

Paul Dye, left, chats with Minneapolis-area RV expert Alex Peterson. One of several RVators attracted by Paul's new RV8. "That thing looks fast just sitting there," one said.

One thing about an RV, it attracts a crowd. The fact it attracts mostly guys is a bug we'll have to work on. It didn't long for the RV-8 to attract an audience when Paul Dye of Houston landed his at Anoka County Airport near Minneapolis last weekend. They were impressed. And Paul still is too, even though he's been flying since last fall. Last weekend he went for a short trip, to Minnesota. Even with a fuel stop, he was door-to-door in about 5 hours. "Total Fuel burn for the trip up was 49.9 gallons, which works out to about 18 nautical mpg – a lot better than my Ford truck, and a WHOLE lot quicker!" Paul said in a message on VAF. (Go to front page and CTL-F "dye". It's scrolling down quickly).By the way,the most impressive thing about Paul's plane? He built it while ordering only one replacement part from Van's ($8).
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Image of Paul Dye's panel (Yahoogroup photo section)

RV legend Eustace Bowhay dies
Eustace died Tuesday of apparent complications from a stroke. "He joined the RV ranks in the 1990s by building C-HAY, a 180 hp RV-6 which he flew on wheels, floats and amphibious floats. In the RV community he found many low time pilots venturing into the world of relatively high performance and became their mentor. At the factory, Van’s people learned to listen carefully to the tall, white haired, slightly deaf Canadian fellow with the suspenders. There was a little “eh?” and a little “oot” in his speech, as well as a whole lot of humanity, wisdom and humor," wrote Doug Reeves in a recent tribute (More)
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Audio: Eustace on RV-Talk (mp3)
More on Eustace from Van's Aircraft

Builder's Motivation Day in Houston
The idea came from Jeff Gross because of his own experience as a new builder. Looking back on his experience, Jeff explains that he never got to ride in an RV during his building days. (VAF)
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Images from Builder's Motivation Day

Planning continues for Oshkosh RV-area in campground
We are now ready to begin accepting reservations for the few campsites we'll be able to stake out (we're only human). Here are the guidelines. (More)
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2006 RVers Family Reunion
EAA Airventure Web site

RV-10 training
I learned so much about the RV-10 last time plus I just had plain fun flying it that I decided to come back and improve. This time I came back with my father-in-law and did we ever hit the two most perfect days in Oregon ever. (Scott Schmidt's article and pictures.)

RV-9A Videos
Bryan Wood has shot a couple of videos of his RV-9A. One is his take-off behind a Turbo Lance. The second is second is taking off from runway 13 at Reid Hillview in San Jose, showing typical RV9A performance. All plenty of time for downloading.