Flyin' Bryan's RV-8 Adventure

This site was created to provide friends and family with a vehicle to track my efforts to build a Van's RV 8 Aircraft kit. The dream began in the Summer of 2008. The actual building began in 2009, with the arrival of the empennage or tail kit. I will periodically update the site with photos and comments about my progress.

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Monday, December 11, 2017

Making Due with What You Have Just Lying Around the Shop

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Looks like it has been a week since my last post. This is not because I have not been working on the plane. This past week has been heavy wi...

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Deburring holes and edges, scuffing ribs and LE skin for primer

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First things first - a shout out to fellow RV-8 builder and friend Steve Riffe, now living/flying in the Dallas area. We started our tail k...

Monday, May 1, 2017

2 Halves Make 1 Whole RV10 Fuselage

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Throughout my experience with building an experimental airplane I have been fortunate to come to know many individuals that share the same p...

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Removing wing skins and stripping vinyl, and pics of recent visit of two almost completed RV projects

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I removed the top outboard wing skin of the left wing and began the process of stripping the vinyl. After the drilling is over you kind of s...

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Local Area RV Group Halloween-Themed Movie Night - Scary Fantastic Time!

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Kudos to the folks that decided the time was right to put together a movie night at the traditional location at Gary Zillik's Hangar at ...

Saturday, October 5, 2013

The nightmare is almost over.......

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As of this morning all of the major upstairs bathroom remodel work is done. Unfortunately all attempts to stop the leaking of the downstairs...

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Helping MIke Rettig with Fuel Tanks and Back in House Hell Again

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Over the course of the past couple of weeks I had decided to cough off some bucks to have a contractor take care of refurbishing two bathroo...

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Bryan Raley: So who am I? Born in Dallas, TX, but consider myself a Colorado native, having lived in this beautiful state for all but two years of my life. I built my first plastic airplane model at the age of 7, and I was hooked on airplanes for life. I attended the University of North Dakota and obtained an Aviation Administration degree, earning my flight instructor certificate along the way. I became a search and rescue pilot and crew member for the Civil Air Patrol shortly after graduating from college - going on 26 years of service now. There is no greater satisfaction that using your aviation talents to help your community and the nation. I bcame a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association in 2008 and made my first visit to Airventure in Oshkosh, WI, home of the largest gathering of airplanes and aviation enthusiasts in the world for one week in July 2009. Of course you already know I am building an RV-8 airplane! Other than that, I enjoy living life, spending time with my wonderful wife and 2 great kids, and just enjoying all that life has to offer.

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