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Finish Kit Update August 2012 Updates August 19, 2012 It's Official N754RV is a real plane...... - 7.0 hrs Got up this morning and it was raining cats and dogs. Was going to go early but it was really coming down. Finally got out there around 10. Took a quick pic of the bad spot from before. It is beautiful now. The rain finally stopped so I shot a coat of primer on the tip to make it look nice and cover up the new pop rivets holding the elevator tip. While that was drying I installed the wingroot fairings. I noticed some fuel drips coming from the sup drain so I drained the right tank to remove the sump drain to check the o-ring. About that time up comes the DAR to checkout my reskin job. He looked it over and said it was a nice job. He brought out the paper work and gave me the pink slip!!!! Its now official. After 8 years 3 months and 3 days N754RV is now a real airplane. I reinstalled the elevator and then stared installing all of the inspection covers. Next I took it outside for a taxi test with a complete interior. The engine fired right up. I cannot wait to fly this thing!!! This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.