New Member in NW Arkansas

[Samson]

In 2005 I read an article that basically said "most people die never having done the things they dreamed of doing as a teenager". That article both shocked and galvanized me into action. Since those teenage years I have always dreamed of building an airplane and a sports car from scratch. Within a month I had done my research and selected the Morry Hummel Ultracruiser to build from plans. Now, 15 years, and 2,200 hours later, I'm closing in on the end. When I get time, I'll post some build photos in the aircraft forum.

Why so long ? Life. Starting at zero with respect to metal working skills. 3,000 (+) hours rebuilding a house. Getting a pilots license and then trying to keep it current.

Once the plane is finished it will be time for the sports car -- probably in retirement. I'm leaning towards a Cobra and / or Daytona Coupe using plans from Chuck Linquist (https://www.chuckcobra.com/index.html). But Joel Heinke has me thinking a lot about doing a Ferrari GTO without plans, so who knows. Still plenty of time to think about it.

[galooph]

Welcome to the forum, Dennis.

Looking forward to seeing pics of your airplane build!

[cliffrod]

Welcome to the forum, Dennis.

Gotta say that I like what Joel has done and is doing. But I've also been a serious fan of Chuck, his machines and achievements ever since I first found his website around 20? years ago when I had spare time to surf the web at my then-desk job.

Instead of trying to choose between the two, maybe you could just build one from each...

[BTromblay]

Hi,

Welcome to the group, there are several airplane guys on here.

Bill

[heinke]

Welcome Dennis!

I wish you the best in pursuit of your dreams. Just remember to have fun along the way because building large complicated machines is a very long journey.