Paul & Victoria Rosales' RV-6A Travel Stories

Since my first flight on July 4, 2000, we've flown our RV-6A to 49 States in America,
Bahamas, Canada, Mexico, Turks & Caicos and (our favorite trip to) the Cayman Islands.  

In 2005, we took off out of Key West with 5 other RVs, flying southbound over Cuba to 
Little Cayman (~330nm) where we spent a week Diving in 'Paradise'.  We had an AWESOME 
time on the islands with GREAT friends, and I have return trip planned for this April.
All these trips and friends were made possible because we built an RV aircraft!

In 2007, after 6.5 years (and 2501 hours) of flying, our engine was overhauled by Exodus 
Air Service to factory-new specs using ECI TiTAN cylinders. The plane was 'down' for 
2 months, and I had the plane back in the air within 2 weeks of receiving our new engine. 

As of January 1, 2009, the hour-meter on our plane, which we fly out of our home on the 
Rosamond Skypark, is showing 2875 hours.  With a gallon of 100LL fuel now below $3, we're 
starting to fly a bit more...  

I've written these stories to keep the homebuilders motivated and also inspire the fliers.
We hope you enjoy these stories as much as we enjoyed flying them! Paul & Victoria


11 Hrs to Oshkosh 

Ways to fly more

Florida 2001

East Coast 2001

Eureka 2002

Durango 2002

Waco 2002

Spokane 2002

Oshkosh 2002

Smiley Creek 2002

Golden West 2002   

Death Valley 2003

Mesa Verde 2003   

Smiley Creek 2003

Oshkosh 2003

Yellowstone 2003

East Coast 2003

Bahamas 2004

Carlsbad Caverns 2004   

Glacier Park 2004

Oshkosh 2004

Hurricane Ivan 2004    

Mexico 2005

Cayman Islands 2005

Rogue River 2005

Rosamond 2006       

Turks & Caicos 2007  

Oshkosh 2007        

Land Of Enchantment 2008






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