Hello,
My friends call me Doc and I live with my Starduster Too in Mississippi. My good friend, may he rest in peace, was an A&P and he built this airplane with an IO-540. I purchased it from him several months before he passed.
I personally built a Kestrel Hawk - a two place, all metal, amphibious biplane with a Rotax 912. The Rotax, although it was new in the crate, had been sitting up for 16 years and has several service bulletin issues I have to resolve before I have a DAR inspect my project.
I also purchased a Cassutt IIIM racer in need of much TLC before it will be airworthy again. I'll attack that after the Hawk is airborne.
The Kestrel Hawk was an easy build from a kit, so my building experience is really limited. I hope with your help that I will be able to foresee potential problems and avoid an unplanned meeting with the ground.
I am also looking forward to the camaraderie with other pilots through these special airplanes that we fly…..Doc
My friends call me Doc and I live with my Starduster Too in Mississippi. My good friend, may he rest in peace, was an A&P and he built this airplane with an IO-540. I purchased it from him several months before he passed.
I personally built a Kestrel Hawk - a two place, all metal, amphibious biplane with a Rotax 912. The Rotax, although it was new in the crate, had been sitting up for 16 years and has several service bulletin issues I have to resolve before I have a DAR inspect my project.
I also purchased a Cassutt IIIM racer in need of much TLC before it will be airworthy again. I'll attack that after the Hawk is airborne.
The Kestrel Hawk was an easy build from a kit, so my building experience is really limited. I hope with your help that I will be able to foresee potential problems and avoid an unplanned meeting with the ground.
I am also looking forward to the camaraderie with other pilots through these special airplanes that we fly…..Doc
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