Getting Started In Aircraft Building
By Ron Alexander (originally published in EAA Sport Aviation, October 1999)
Perhaps you are wondering whether or not you should build an airplane. Or maybe you have made the decision to build but do not know where to begin. Perhaps you have started to build and then stopped for one reason or another. There are many questions that often arise pertaining to aircraft building in general. Why build an airplane? What is available to construct? What skills do I need? What type of airplane should I build? Specifically, what is required in this process of constructing an airplane? How do I overcome the obstacles that may prevent me from completing the project? This discussion and subsequent articles will address these and other common questions that new builders often ask.