Illini Pilot: you're right, it is their citabria.. but maybe not for long. i only flew at pilotmakers because they are the only place i could find for a tailwheel transition, and the experience has been good except for dealing with andy.. he seems nice at first but i think he's pretty mean once you deal with him a lot. one day, he forgot i was signed up for the citabria and gave it to someone else to fly. dupage is an hour away from where i live so i drove two hours for nothing.
also, my instructor there was so impressed with my flying that she gave me my endorsement after 6 hours, so i still had 4 hours pre-paid. we planned to fly the citabria to an aircraft restoration place 2 hours from dupage to finish off my hours and to see some cool airplanes being restored, plus make a new gallery for my website. i was also going to fly the airplane to the ACA factory for its annual inspection.
i was supposed to go to the restoration place thursday a couple weeks ago, then take it to the factory the next day, friday. however, at the time, andy was looking to sell the airplane, and thought he found someone who might buy it. he let that person fly the airplane to the factory on wednesday, so i didn't go to the factory or the restoration place, plus i might never get to fly the airplane again (and i still have 4 hours left paid for it).
anyway, i'll probably eventually make the trip to the restoration place with the instructor, but i don't think i'll ever get a tour of the american champion aircraft factory
well it also helps I'm also the I.T manager hehe lol
