I've posted a collection of photos on my website to "sort of" document my construction progress and share information to others. There are a ton of better sites out there but, hopefully, someone will benefit from my feeble effort. My intent is to provide a few lines of comment on each photo but that may take a while.

I started the project in 2000 and my builder number is 27. I think I may have the slowest quickbuild on record, I don't know. There was never any rush to complete the project since I already had a set of wings, a Piper Dakota. I'm also a man of many projects and I like to bounce from one project to another. Unfortunately, they are all expensive and I can't support more than one at a time. Our other big project is house building on Crooked Island in the Bahamas.

As of October, 2006, I was working on the finish kit and starting to think about avionics, instrumentation and powerplant purchases. All expensive items which will likely slow me down even further.

In June 2007, I was in the final stages due diligence and getting real serious about purchasing an engine and prop. In addition, it looked like the glass cockpit is the way to go and, of course, a leather interior. Costs are adding up quickly!!

Now it's, late October 2007. I managed to order the Sprtsman leather interior from Classic Aero and a Hartzell CS BA prop from Vans. Pretty sure I will order a new IO-360 from a shop in Oklahama during the first quarter of 2008. Steady progress is being made and I've been working on the fuselage/finish kit for the 5 or 6 weeks. Got the empenage fiberglass tips installed, rollbar completed, canopy latch done and, now, working on the canopy and instrument panel installation.

Feel free to email me with any questions. I also hang out at vansairforce.net as Mike F.