The Sky Is Smiling…

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smile airventure IMG 7219 scaled…on EAA Technical Counselors and Flight Advisors! These volunteers are experienced builders and pilots that can help you get through your airplane build and flight test program more safely, quicker, and with less risk. Most EAA chapters have one (of either or both), and if they don’t, you can go to EAA.org to find one close to you.

During AirVenture, the Builders Education Center (located just south of the workshop buildings) is headquarters for the TC’s and FA’s attending the show—a place for them to gather, exchange information, ask questions, and volunteer to help teach in the workshops going on throughout the week. If you’re an experienced welder, metal-worker, fabric coverer, or a composite guru, stop in and see where they need help—there’s always something to do.

And yes – obviously the skies approve and thanks the volunteers for their work!

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Paul Dye
Paul Dye has been the Editor-in-Chief and Editor at Large. He retired as a Lead Flight Director for NASA’s Human Space Flight program, with 50 years of aerospace experience on everything from Cubs to the Space Shuttle. An avid homebuilder, he began flying and working on airplanes as a teen and has experience with a wide range of construction techniques and materials. He flies an RV-8 and SubSonex jet that he built, an RV-3 that he built with his pilot wife, as well as a Dream Tundra and an electric Xenos motorglider they completed. Currently, they are building an F1 Rocket. A commercially licensed pilot, he has logged over 6000 hours in many different types of aircraft and is an A&P, FAA DAR, EAA Tech Counselor and Flight Advisor; he was formerly a member of the Homebuilder’s Council. He consults and collaborates in aerospace operations and flight-testing projects across the country.