Well after a year off, Airventure has returned for 2021. I unfortunately cannot attend with my work schedule this year, but I am definitely going next year. My best friend and I have agreed that we will head out commercially and stay 3 days to explore. I already am mentally building my list of the have to sees in the exhibition area. I definitely want to stroll around the homebuilt areas and get to meet and pick the brains of the builders. It would be really great to meet and talk with a few of the builders I followed that had inspired this project.
I'll be honest, I've had Live ATC going the last three days monitoring the Fisk arrival and watching it on Foreflight's internet traffic. I am disappointed I couldn't go, but glad that I have a plan for next year. Any tips for finding a reasonable hotel would be appreciated, it appears most hotels only book a year out, so next summer hasn't quite opened yet.
I also am looking to possibly find an RV-10 demo flight. Van's has restarted their demo flights and I think its wise to reach out to Zach, the east coast rep, to try and setup something. I can use it as another excuse for a cross country and it will help me wrap up this instrument rating as well.
Update on my Project Prep
I have been working on reorganizing the garage and getting ready for this. I finally got the overhead storage and all of the shelving put up so I can get the floor cleared out. This also made room for me to buy a brand new tool chest from Harbor Freight. The US General tool bench is great and I bought an add on end cabinet to increase my storage. As I get more of the garage cleaned out, I plan to get started on building the project table and the air piping. I am hoping the lumber cost drops a bit before I start that build, but sometimes you need to just bite the bullet. Until my next update... I'll try to remember and snap some pictures of the new shelving and workbenches.
