Building Partner sought - SF Bay Area

[karmarepair]

I have long held the dream of building and flying my own plane, and have worked on several projects. I have a private pilot's license, a fairly well equipped shop, and skills in aluminum, steel, wood, and composites fabrication. What I do NOT have is a space big enough to build wings and fuselage. I'm interested in finding a partner within an hours driving radius (and preferably closer) of El Cerrito to share labor and finances to build a small airplane, 1-2 seat, relatively low horsepower. NO two strokes for me. VW or Corvair powered, small Continental, Rotax 912, Jabiru, etc. Tube and rag, aluminum, wood, composite, Scratch built or kit. I'm talking about a $20-30K project, although I'm not averse to a smaller financial portion commitment to a day VFR RV-3 through -9, or -12, Thorp T-18, Mustang Two, Smyth Sidewinder, Turner T-40, etc. I can fabricate parts for assembly at your place, I can come to your place to fab larger components, IF you are COVID cautious. I'm a careful guy in general; we'd need to have similar goals for building and eventual flying, and form strong, clear agreements on lots of issues. Planes that interest me: Thatcher CX-4, Sonex, Onex, Zenith 600 or 700 series, Sonerai II (I had one for a while, but life happened), MAYBE a KR-2, LongEz, Cozy, Volksplane 1, BK-1 (got some early plans for this), Hummel H-5 (I have some pieces already built), Teenie Two (had one of these projects too), Minicoupe, Wittman Tailwind or Butterfly, Christavia Mk2, Bearhawk Patrol, Cygnet (!!), Graham Lee Miranda (plans coming from Canada Someday Soon), Dragonfly, Preceptor Super Pup, Jodel D-9 or -18, Texas Parasol. Extreme STOL doesn't interest me much. I'd rather have a 100+ mph airplane that is still cheap to keep. Eventually, said plane would fly out of Concord, Oakland, Hayward, Gnoss, Smith Ranch, Napa, Livermore. You can see some of my history and opinions here Ryan's Advertisement for Himself

 

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