I just realized that next month I will have been flying my RV-6 for 16
years. I made the first flight on it July 14, 1989. I built the second
customer built RV-6 and have about 1100 tach hours on it. This is not a
lot of time given the length of time that I have been flying it but I
believe it is probably above the average.
There are a few guys in my local area that have over 2000 hours on their
RV's

I am just curious how long others here have owned their homebuilt
aircraft and how many hours you have on it?

Jerry

On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:24:58 -0700, Jerry Springer
> wrote:

>I just realized that next month I will have been flying my RV-6 for 16
>years. I made the first flight on it July 14, 1989. I built the second
>customer built RV-6 and have about 1100 tach hours on it. This is not a
>lot of time given the length of time that I have been flying it but I
>believe it is probably above the average.
>There are a few guys in my local area that have over 2000 hours on their
>RV's
>
>I am just curious how long others here have owned their homebuilt
>aircraft and how many hours you have on it?
>
>Jerry

my Tailwind is 20 years old in 3 months.
had 320 hours on it when I bought it 3-4 years ago.
I've taken that up to 584 hours tacho time.
Stealth Pilot

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:17:49 +0800, Stealth Pilot > wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:24:58 -0700, Jerry Springer
> wrote:
>
>>I just realized that next month I will have been flying my RV-6 for 16
>>years. I made the first flight on it July 14, 1989. I built the second
>>customer built RV-6 and have about 1100 tach hours on it. This is not a
>>lot of time given the length of time that I have been flying it but I
>>believe it is probably above the average.
>>There are a few guys in my local area that have over 2000 hours on their
>>RV's
>>
>>I am just curious how long others here have owned their homebuilt
>>aircraft and how many hours you have on it?
>
>my Tailwind is 20 years old in 3 months.
>had 320 hours on it when I bought it 3-4 years ago.
>I've taken that up to 584 hours tacho time.
>Stealth Pilot

My Fly Baby is 23 years old. I bought it nine years ago with 100 hours TT (25
SMOH) and have put almost 300 hours on it.

Ron Wanttaja

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:17:49 +0800, Stealth Pilot > wrote:
>
>
>>On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:24:58 -0700, Jerry Springer
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I just realized that next month I will have been flying my RV-6 for 16
>>>years. I made the first flight on it July 14, 1989. I built the second
>>>customer built RV-6 and have about 1100 tach hours on it. This is not a
>>>lot of time given the length of time that I have been flying it but I
>>>believe it is probably above the average.
>>>There are a few guys in my local area that have over 2000 hours on their
>>>RV's
>>>
>>>I am just curious how long others here have owned their homebuilt
>>>aircraft and how many hours you have on it?
>>
>>my Tailwind is 20 years old in 3 months.
>>had 320 hours on it when I bought it 3-4 years ago.
>>I've taken that up to 584 hours tacho time.
>>Stealth Pilot
>
>
> My Fly Baby is 23 years old. I bought it nine years ago with 100 hours TT (25
> SMOH) and have put almost 300 hours on it.
>
> Ron Wanttaja
RV-4 completed 1991, purchased 2003, currently just under 1000 hrs
Charlie

I'm a newcomer. A year ago I passed my checkride and was pronounced fit to
continue learning to fly. I bought a Savannah kit (an improved CH701) and had
it flying by last December, so I've owned a finished homebuilt for six months
and I've got 62 hours in it so far. The weather has been too crumby for long
flights, so I hope to rack up a bunch of hours this summer going out to the
desert in eastern Oregon.

tom pettit



>On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:24:58 -0700, Jerry Springer
> wrote:
>
>>I just realized that next month I will have been flying my RV-6 for 16
>>years. I made the first flight on it July 14, 1989. I built the second
>>customer built RV-6 and have about 1100 tach hours on it. This is not a
>>lot of time given the length of time that I have been flying it but I
>>believe it is probably above the average.
>>There are a few guys in my local area that have over 2000 hours on their
>>RV's
>>
>>I am just curious how long others here have owned their homebuilt
>>aircraft and how many hours you have on it?
>>
>>Jerry

Jerry Springer asks:

> I am just curious how long others here have owned their homebuilt
> aircraft and how many hours you have on it?

Built my COZY MKIV from 1995 to 2002 - first flight August 4th, 2002.
Now have 250 hours on it.

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