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Dan's World

Aluminum storage.

By Dan Checkoway

Several years ago, I met a guy who was building an RV in his garage. I use the term building loosely. "Storing" would be more like it. He had already received the full quickbuild kit from Van’s. Those nearly complete wings and fuselage had been sitting in his garage for years without being touched, because he had hardly made a dent on his empennage.

Until recently, I didn’t think I’d ever understand such a thing. After all, the motivation to work on my slow-build Van’s RV-7 was never really an issue. But I’m getting ahead of myself... …


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