New Member in NW Arkansas
 

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.

Welcome to the forum, Dennis.

Looking forward to seeing pics of your airplane build!

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...

Hi,

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

Bill

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.