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.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Installing Pop Rivets for the first time

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Perhaps I should add some pics of the tools and rivets to this post to provide a better understanding of what pop rivets are and how they a...

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Another optical illusion

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Another alclad mirror illusion. This is actually a pic looking inside the enclosed skin after riveting both sides of the center nose rib, w...

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

A-riveting we will go...... A-riveting we will go....

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So I asked Ron when he arrived last Saturday what he thought about the ding on the top side of the left HS skin, since he is also "kno...

Reflecting on the past few months - Hobbs Meter estimated at 110 hours. Priming for the First Time

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I did some reviewing of my past posts and realized that it has been almost 5 months since I last updated the Hobbs meter on my progress. She...

Catching Up - Getting help with riveting

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So you have seen my very ill-prepared attempt to start riveting my HS skins onto the frame. I have contacted several people from EAA HQ to l...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Now for something really funny - riveting the skins Begins

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So what's funny about this? Just another in a long line of bad mistakes that I really need to figure out how to stop making. This happe...

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On to the forward spar

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After relatively good success and only a few bad rivets on the rear spar assembly that had to be drilled out, I started on the forward s...

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About Me

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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