To: backhoe
Aventura II. I bought kit # 6 in Jan 96. Had her flying in June 96. She was red and white. The plane in photo is factory demo plane. I flew her for 8 hours before becoming a test pilot on N106DF. I flew her for 4 years and sold her in summer of 2000 (had two kids in college). The guy who bought her flew her for 2 months then made water landing with wheels down. He and passenger only got wet but plane was a total loss. I'm going to build something faster next time.
29 posted on
06/30/2003 12:10:58 PM PDT by
Conspiracy Guy
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To: Flurry
Appreciate the info- a good friend of mine, the fella who taught me a lot about welding, machining, and mechanics, was keenly interested in building an ultralight. Unfortunately, a stroke felled him before it got any further than research. It sounded fascinating.
This was circa 1998- from a cursory glance at that page I surmise that powerplants have become a lot more sophisticated and refined.
32 posted on
06/30/2003 12:18:18 PM PDT by
backhoe
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