Saurenman Aero Works REVO avweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from avweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
https://www.distantthunderaviation.com Jonathan Apfelbaum learned to fly before he could drive and has his PPL as well as seaplane, glider and instrument ratings. When not at his day job as an emergency physician, he can be found tinkering on his homebuilt GlaStar. Julia Apfelbaum is a U.S. Navy veteran with a career working on electronics on E/A-6B Prowlers and E/A-18G Growlers. She’s a private pilot and will finish her A&P in 2021. When not flying her 1955 Cessna 180, Julia is restoring a 1947 SV-4C Stampe. She is the lead photographer of Distant Thunder Aviation.
SX Appeal - AVweb avweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from avweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
AVweb
By Jonathan and Julia Apfelbaum
Have you ever had project creep? The gradual cumulation of ideas and what-ifs that makes a straight path meander is all but guaranteed to add time and complexity. But it can also lead to a much better end result. Witness the evolution of Allen Floyd’s Long-EZ,
Excalibur.
Allen, who hails from Erie, Colorado, fell in love with Burt Rutan’s Long-EZ when he was working the line at an FBO in high school. He bought the plans to build the airplane of his dreams soon after graduation in 1983. Life got in the way, as it does, and it was years before he began construction. The build itself took more than 13 years and included the design and incorporation of multiple modifications and enhancements. While some are improvements that have been proven by previous builders, others are unique to