Greetings from Iowa!

[MaverickSawyer]

Hi, all. Stumbled across this corner of the internet recently and decided to join.

 

I'm an A&P at Ankeny Regional Airport (KIKV), and currently eyeing getting my private license once finances permit, followed by possibly building a bird of my own. While that's still a number of years out, there's no reason to not pick up wisdom and tricks from subject matter experts, right?

 

I've always had a fascination with canard aircraft, to the point where my chosen plane in Digital Combat Simulator is a Saab AJS37 Viggen. (Delightfully fun bird to fly, btw. Very responsive, but not overwhelming. A true pilot's plane, imo).

[Kent Ashton]

The license is a big step but as an A&P you could fix up an airplane in which to take lessons.  Not a canard airplane though; they are not well-suited to pilot training.

[zolotiyeruki]

Welcome!  Make sure you join the various email groups as well--they are quite active.

[MaverickSawyer]

13 minutes ago, Kent Ashton said:

The license is a big step but as an A&P you could fix up an airplane in which to take lessons.  Not a canard airplane though; they are not well-suited to pilot training.

Oh, I'm not planning on using a homebuilt for that. We've got a quartet of 172S trainers at the field and as an employee, I get a pretty steep discount on lessons. Homebuilt is definitely a long-term goal, as I know it'll take time to build, and I can build proficiency in more "conventional" planes in the meantime.

[Voidhawk9]

Do it. It doesn't cost much to get started on one of these birds.

You could get a head start and save on total project costs by picking up a partially done project.