Paul Lampasso

Hey Tony It is going to be called “A-SOLUTION" since it is a solution to not being able to get a kit that is no longer in production. As of right now it will have foam core wings, with a carbon fiber spar caps and skins. It’s too early to tell projected cost. No other mods planed. Dimensionally it is very close. Market analysis was not done. This is a venture of two people who wanted an aircraft for there own personal use, and the only way to get to their ultimate goal was to build the tooling to produce two aircraft. What the future holds? I am just the apprentice Bob Setzer is the Master builder "Bob The Builder" any further questions can be directed to him.

I was a Berkut builder at one time. I think I was serial #14? Due to unforeseen circumstances I was put into a position where I had to sell my kit. Many of you know me I spent many hours at the Berkut exhibit with Dave Ronneberg, and Richard Riley at Sun & Fun, and Oshkosh. I enjoyed every minute of it. After retiring from the New York City Fire Department shortly after 9/11 well I could not stay away and I wanted a Berkut again but the great bird in the sky was extinct, many sleepless nights followed trying to figure out how I can get one and I pretty much gave up hope. Well that is where Bob Setzer came in. I met Bob and talked about what a great aircraft the Berkut is. I shared stories of flights I had in the Berkut and one really exciting one from Mojave to Oshkosh in a 540 Berkut with Dave Ronneberg. Bob said he had ideas of building something similar to the Berkut. I thought this was just conversation as there are many people out there that are all talk and no action. Well I left my first meeting with Bob and a few days later I returned to find half of the fuselage formers built and he said “ I am going to do this. This is A-SOLUTION”. I thought I was a perfectionist until I met Bob his work is meticulous. He has a Varieze he built, the workmanship is as near perfect as you can get. It is a beautiful plane. He does what he says he is going to do, and I have no doubt he will see this through to the end. Please any Berkuts James Redmon, Dave Ronneberg any others it would be great for you to fly by and see the project, and to see you and your aircraft. It is based, where else but Lakeland Florida. Bob has never even flown in a Berkut and I think that would really get him even more motivated to get a ride and pull some g’s. It has been almost a year now and many hours of work sanding, priming, sanding, priming lots of dust was made and the canopy plug is now complete and the mold will be pulled in the next two weeks. The fuselage plug is very near completion. As Bob always reminds me “If it were easy everyone would do this” Here are some photos of the project more recent photos will follow. Sorry for the long post, future post will be brief.