Challenge II: Building an Airplane

Anyone who knows Connie and me know we love to do projects together. As I am a pilot and renting an airplane has gone from expensive to horribly expensive, we decided to try to build an airplane together. I had started on a Cozy a couple of years earlier, but we wanted to get into the air a little faster than the 2 years we are going to need to finish that. I had always liked the Challenger II. With the new Light Sport Rules, I can skip going through the hassle of a medical certificate until the Cozy is done and at 250 hours, it is a fairly quick build. Add to the fact that Connie is a natural at covering aircraft and we could not resist.

We also decided to go whole hog and have a hangar built while we were on the honeymoon. Unfortunately, predictions of a November completion were somewhat optimistic. We took posession of the airplane kit while the hangar was still half-finished and were just able to open the kit in the last couple of weeks. As our hangar contractor has cemented us out of the building for a day or two, filling out the paperwork and restarting this blog just seemed the natural thing to do.

I am putting my logs and pictures at www.klavdivs.com/N3471/N3471.Main.html

We have already finished the tail section, but Connie and I have decided to keep this blog up regularly and so, if there really is anyone out there who cares besides us, more soon...