after finishing the renovation of my workshop (soundproofing, thermal isolation, lighting, etc.) I’m happy to report that I’m back at building my RJ.03 IBIS homebuilt aircraft. Last Saturday I put in a couple of hours towards completing the main gear.
The VW aero engine for my RJ.03 IBIS is going to get a double Leburg electronic ignition system.
The electronic ignition system originating from the UK is generic enough to have been installed on VW’s, Subarus, KFM’s and a C65, all of this with the endorsement of the British LAA (formerly known as the Popular Flying Association).
Some time back an attempted FlyBlog-4 meeting on Juist (EDWJ) got flushed down the drain by a persistent patch of dense fog in the northern part of the Netherlands, causing those members who are based there to cancel the event.
A couple of times a year, a group of flying Dutchmen who also keep a blog about their aviation related hobby meet face to face and of course travel to these meetings by air, preferably as pilot-in-command… 
This time I was actually able to fit the event into my schedule.
October 2nd 2007 became a sad day for the local flying club I was a member of at the time. A Cessna172 crash ensued after not aborting a touch & go that should have been aborted. One of the photo’s further down this page shows what the results looked like after the Cessna Skyhawk had come to a grinding halt.
During the weekend of ‘le grand jour de la grande nation’ I had the pleasure of spending some time in Vichy and Roanne.
During this weekend, I visited the RSA fly-in and also met one of the IBIS designers, who invited me to be checked out on two of these birds.
Preparing for a homebuilt aircraft project is an interesting exercise, especially so if it’s your first homebuilt airplane project and if you happen to be relocating at the same time.
Ever since I became a member of NVAV, the Dutch homebuilder’s association, I tried to attend their meetings by air. Finally the weather didn’t intervene, so I took an old PA28-140 and flew down to Drachten (EHDR) to attend the yearly NVAV fly in.
it’s been a while and not a lot has happened, except for the fact that I updated my IBIS homebuilt aircraft site with some new information on CNC cutting of sheet metal parts. A direct link to this new information is: CNC cutting of sheet metal aircraft parts. Enjoy!
It’s been a while that I updated my favorite aviation booklist that I maintain on on my RJ.03 IBIS homebuilt aircraft project site .