Tag "building"

March 11, 2013

Don’t wait on your dreams!

Don’t wait on your dreams! Recently I got a disturbing call from a good friend of mine. He was diagnosed with a disease that will forever clip his wings. This is a life-long aviator in his late 40s. This really punctuates the need to not wait on your dreams. My friend has had a fantastic…

January 8, 2013

I want to build another airplane

I want to build another airplane It seems like around this time each year I get the craving to build another airplane. It must have something to do with the long winters up here in Ohio. This affliction even affected me during the last winter of building my RV. In spite of the fact I…

November 3, 2012

Cory Bird’s Symmetry: An Airplane as Art

Cory Bird’s Symmetry One of the most beautiful light airplanes I have ever seen is Cory Bird’s one-of-a-kind homebuilt called Symmetry. Cory designed and built this aircraft over 14 years and 15,000 man-hours. Powered by a 200hp, IO-360. It first flew in April 2003 and everywhere it goes, it draws a crowd.

October 4, 2012

The Bugatti 100P: Reviving a Ghost

Editors Note: As a native of Oklahoma, I have been excitedly watching the progress of this fascinating project coming out of Tulsa. I can’t wait to see it fly! By D.R. STEWART World Staff Writer In June 1940, as Ettore Bugatti and Louis de Monge were preparing to roll out their technologically advanced Bugatti 100P…