However, I've long comforted myself with the realization that all I have to do is not quit. If I simply don't quit, in the end I'll have a plane that I built. That keeps me going, and enjoying the process along the way as well.

I am a software engineer who has been in the industry for over 20 years. I currently work at Cisco Systems in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. I am an NC native (seemingly one of 4 natives left in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area ... we should be labeled "endangered" and given government grants at this point).

The picture of myself was taken by my trusty little Nikon Coolpix 2000. It was taken at work by setting the camera on a filing cabinet, on a box, and with the timer. It was a slow day (everyone away on holiday) and fortunately nobody walked by in the middle of the exercise and thought me totally insane.

I started collecting information about possible kit projects here on-line ages ago. I did this more to collect the information for myself rather than with any intent to share it with others. I figured that if I ever did get started on a kit then I could open this up to other builders. Well, some time around August of 2001, the family and I decided it finally was time to start. I began getting my garage/shop set up, collecting tools, ordered the big tool-kit from Avery and ordered my empennage kit from Van's. Wow.

Even with a supportive family, there is a lot of money time and commitment involved in this effort, and that impacts everyone in the family. Before I started, I wanted to feel sure I would finish! I'm still not sure, but I am more sure than I was before! I am grateful for having such a supportive family, and know that I'll need their help along the way.

This site is divided into a number of areas, each of which can be found by use of the navigation bar to the left of each page. The pages are mostly text and straight HTML. All pictures in the Logbook pages are thumbnails. You may be able to click on a thumbnail to view the full size image. If an image has a border, you can click on it to view a full size version of the image. In general, all "full size" images have also been reduced to only 650 pixels wide and tend to be only about 30K to 60K in size.

I took this approach (using thumbnails and limiting the full size picture resolution somewhat) so that for folks wanting to read the log they'll spend little time on downloading any images they are not actually interested in seeing, yet permitting me to make large full-page-sized images available to those who crave visual detail. Let me know if this works for you, or if you have problems with this presentation (and what those problems might be).

Just to round out the introduction, I am a software engineer with a major network equipment supplier. I've flown off-and-on for the last decade, and am currently an instrument rated private pilot. I live in the Raleigh, NC area of the country and am a member of EAA Chapter 1114.

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