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AIRCRAFT SPRUCE
PERSPECTIVES ON HOMEBUILDING

Aircraft Spruce & Specialty has always admired, supported and encouraged people who want to build their own aircraft. Because we believe you can never say enough about the values and virtues of homebuilding, we have decided to share a variety of Perspectives on Homebuilding with any and all who enjoy reading about that subject. It’s free.

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SUBMIT YOUR SUCCESS STORY!

Email us your aircraft photos and building stories and we will get them posted to the website.

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AIRCRAFT BUILDING SUCCESS STORY WINNER!

Aircraft Spruce would like to announce the first winner in our "Share and Win Gift Card Giveaway"!

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RV-10 DEDICATION AIRCRAFT STORY

This RV 10, built from a kit, was completed in August 2010 by Adrian Moses. Thanks to his wife, Mari, for her help & encouragement during the 6 year build.

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F17 D STAGGERWING BEECH
AIRCRAFT STORY

13 1/2 years effort on a 100 point project for an airplane that has no printed manual, no parts manual, and few blueprints. Beech had to have gone to the hardware store across the street when he needed a part for these hand built beauties.

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BEAUFORT BOMBER RESTORATION AIRCRAFT VIDEO

This is a short video done by a local news channel in Australia involving the dream and project to restore and (soon) fly a Beaufort Bomber. Enjoy!

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KEEP THEM FLYING AIRCRAFT STORY

This is 75 years of the J3, play it up, sell more parts, keep them flying!

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1911 CURTISS PUSHER REPLICA
AIRCRAFT STORY

In 2008 I began building a replica of the 1911 Curtiss Pusher used by Eugene B Ely to make the first arrested shipboard landing aboard USS Pennsylvania. Ely did this on 18 JAN 1911, marking one of the most significant dates of the birth of Naval Aviation.

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WHY I BUILT A SUPER SEAWIND
AIRCRAFT STORY

When I chose a Seawind Kit in early 2000, I thought I’d have a beautiful Lycoming-powered airplane in 3 years. Little did I know how much the world and I would change!

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JODEL D-9 AND SONEX AIRCRAFT STORY

I've done business with your company for over 20 years now and been treated with excellence. I have visited your store in California and Georgia and been treated the same.

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MARQUART MA-5 CHARGER AIRCRAFT STORY

Back in 1975 I started building this great looking biplane. I was owner of a small aircraft repair shop and figured it won’t take long to complete this aircraft.

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1946 STINSON 108-1 AIRCRAFT STORY

It has been a lifelong goal to take up flying again since I took lessons as a teenager and an opportunity came up to get a project plane from my cousin that looked like something I could do. We purchased it and are now restoring a 1946 Stinson 108-1 that was flown and then a rebuild started over 25 years ago that got stalled.

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VAN'S RV-9A AIRCRAFT STORY

First Flight of my Van's RV-9A was on 10/04/2011! 1/2 hour flight went fine. Had a great ground crew to keep me on track.

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THE WACO YKS-7 AIRCRAFT STORY

I am a big fan of vintage aircraft and War Birds as well. That is why I volunteer 4 days a week at the Midway Museum and San Diego Air and Space Museum. Previously I assisted with the restoration of only static aircraft.

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ZENITH CH801 AIRCRAFT STORY

In 2002 I decided to build a Zenith CH801 four passenger bush-type plane. I wanted something to take off and land in the off field rural areas of Wisconsin.

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FAIRCHILD 24W-46 AIRCRAFT STORY

Seven years ago I took over a ground up restoration project on a Fairchild 24W-46 for a friend of mine.

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1932 E2 TAYLOR CUB AIRCRAFT STORY

We all have a project that has just been hanging around, but for whatever reason, never seem to be able to get around to. For us here at the Western North Carolina Air Museum that project was our 1932 Taylor E-2 Cub which was literally hanging around: from the rafters in our museum hanger.

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1946 CULVER V AIRCRAFT STORY

I purchased my project in 2008, a 1946 culver V, N3057K. The craft had been landed gear up and not flown in over 20 years.

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A PIETENPOL JOURNEY
AIRCRAFT STORY

Eleven years, four months and twenty-two days. That's the time from the cutting of the first wood for a rib, to the first flight of my Pietenpol Air Camper.

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BUILDING A DREAM MACHINE
AIRCRAFT STORY

The magic was about to begin. I was forty-one years old when I first flew my newly crafted Bushby Mustang ll aircraft.

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CUSTOM BIPLANE AIRCRAFT STORY

Here in Ohio we have a custom biplane underway. The airframe is modeled after the Stearman biplane, and is approximately 80% size. The engine is a stock 225hp Lycoming R680.

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THE ROBIN AIRCRAFT STORY

I wanted to send along some pictures of my project the Robin. You have been the supplier for 95% of my material.

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BREEZY N5150 AIRCRAFT STORY

I completed my Breezy in Dec. 2005 after four years of part time fabrication and construction. The chromoly tubing, hardware, covering supplies, paint and all of the instrumentation was purchased through Aircraft Spruce during the build period.

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ZODIAC 601 XL-B AIRCRAFT STORY

This is a true success story in so many ways.

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EARLY BIRD TYPE PLANE AIRCRAFT STORY

Around five years ago, I set out to experience the early days of flight (as best as I could) by designing and building a plane that could have come from that era with materials that generally could have came from that time period.

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