Builders, This is the general information page for Corvair College #43. It is being posted on 6/12/18. The on line sign up link is attached below. . Background: Corvair College #43 will be held at Barnwell SC, 9-11 November 2018: This is our flagship College. For a look at the 2015 Barnwell College, check this …
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Builders, College #41 will be our largest in 2017. It already is 3/4 full. We are just 74 days away from the event, but the sign up shuts off automatically when we reach the event’s capacity. Do not procrastinate if you are planning on getting something significant done in homebuilding this season. . Corvair College #41, …
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Builders, I took a day out of the shop to spend it at Sun n Fun. I have missed only two years since 1989. As always, the best part was seeing friends, and the first spot I go to find them is the Zenith display. . Look at the picture below: A global IT expert …
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Builders : I am a very lucky guy, I just got to spend most of a week working on special R&D projects in my hangar with some really talented friends…… who are also great company. . . Above, your humble narrator, 601XL builder and Panther pilot Phil Maxson, Scott Leveque, from the legendary Corvair racing …
Builders, The silly picture below captures the moment Chris Pryce’s 3,000cc Corvair engine started for the first time, at the Barnwell SC Corvair College in 2015. This same engine now has 100 flight hours on it, and it will take Chris’s fantastically finished KR-2s from California to Oshkosh next month. . . Chris scratch built …
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Builders, I had a long talk with Mike on the phone tonight. He now has 3 flights on his Pietenpol, and it is working and flying great. The plane has a 2700cc Corvair installed, and it utilizes a Culver 66×32 prop. I saw the plane uncovered in California in 2016, it has outstanding craftsmanship, and …
Builders, we are just 37 days away from Oshkosh. After it’s cancelation in 2020, these is a lot of pent up enthusiasm for Airventure, and just like every other year, I will be there with my display, giving forums, and meeting builders. I highly encourage anyone to attend, particularly if you have never been before. …
Builders, There is a passion and intensity to the best part of aviation, which attract the truly devoted, and hold them for the duration. Now that Im almost 60, a lot of the times past are many years gone, but when I’m in the company of someone who I share many times with, both great …
Builders, Mark Gravatt shared some pictures from his family and a story of his personal connection to building a Corvair powered plane. Builders share a lot of powerful thoughts in letters, but this one resonates on many notes, and leads to the question in the title here. Every son who had a better father than …
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Builders; Here is another look at carb testing tonight. . . Above, a mutually beneficial process. The engine is one I just finished upgrading and rebuilding. I’m putting some break in time on it before it goes into the box and get shipped to California. A few hours will let me make any fine adjustments …
