Air-to-Air EAA Sport Aviation - Azalea Saberwing

[Lowflynjack]

I had no idea what this plane was before I saw it in the air. Very sleek, good looking plane!

 

[pfarber]

First off do you have permission to reprint an entire article?

Second, I'm just shocked the EAA did an article about an E/AB.

 

[Lowflynjack]

First off do you have permission to reprint an entire article?

Second, I'm just shocked the EAA did an article about an E/AB.

They do quite a few stories about E/AB planes. I shot 3 during Oshkosh last year.

 

[kyleb]

Second, I'm just shocked the EAA did an article about an E/AB.

They do it all the time. Just not 3/issue like 30 years ago. The challenge today is almost nobody is scratch building, so there isn't as much "big impressive project" content. The other thing is many of the award winners have a lot of professional help, whether in build centers, panel build centers, paint centers, etc. So the stories of "I wrote 7 different guys a big check" aren't as interesting or in-depth as "Then I strolled into the woods and chopped down a Spruce tree..."

A guy named Tyler Feldman from about 25 years ago was the first major award winner I remember who substantially farmed out the build. It's been downhill from there, 'cause where's the personal interest or education in paying others to build an airplane?