Tue, Aug 05, 2008
Yuma, AZ homebuilder Bob Noll's RV-9A airplane was recognized as
the honorary 30,000th US-registered homebuilt at a ceremony
Thursday morning at AirVenture 2008.
Standing on stage with his daughter Katrina, who came to
AirVenture with him, acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell, FAA
Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Nick Sabatini, EAA
President Tom Poberezny and EAA Founder Paul Poberezny were on hand
to recognize the milestone of 30,000 homebuilt airplanes
registered.
On Tuesday, EAA homebuilders' community manager Joe Norris
tracked Bob and his daughter Katrina down in the homebuilt camping
area, and notified them that their name had been picked from among
the 20 who applied for the honor. Because the FAA aircraft
certification system has no way to exactly identify the 30,000th
homebuilt, the EAA established criteria to pick one airplane to
claim the honorary title. The requirements were that the airplane
had to have received its certification in 2008 and had to be in
attendance at AirVenture 2008.
With Bob's beautiful RV-9A N94BN sitting on an adjacent raised
stage, when it was finally Bob's turn to talk, he stated that it
"humbles you" to be chosen to represent that milestone number. He
started building the airplane in October 2004 and said that the
earliest picture of the project was of a younger Katrina in pajamas
taking inventory of the parts they received. "Building the airplane
was a family project," he said. Now 17 years of age, Katrina is
also a licensed private pilot.
EAA Founder Paul Poberezny commented that he came along at the
"right time" back in 1953, that the (then) CAA supported the
movement. Now, 55 years later, the work was "worthwhile."
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