(Snowbird) wrote in message . com...
Sort of like having kids, if you wait until you can afford
them it will be too late and you will be over the hill.

Oh, hush

Sydney (OTH parent of 3 yo)

Gotcha beat, lady. 8, 5, 3 and 3 months. Prior to my recent BFR, the
last entry in my logbook was five years ago, taking my (then) only
child up for a ride with daddy. Now the others are agitating for a
ride, too. Hence my presence here. No way can I afford $25,000 for
an airplane. It'd be a stretch to have to spend that much on a (more
necessary) ground vehicle!

Kids is a good analogy, I think. Or getting married. (The main
difference is, if things don't work out with the airplane project, you
can put it up on ebay with few regrets and no lasting damage. ;-) )

If you're not sure that you want to do this thing, hold off. Do some
more research before making the committment. But if it's something
that you *know* you want to do, and the only question is *when*, then
*get started*. There never will be a right time, so just get going.

In my case, "getting started" is a matter of defining the mission,
narrowing down choices, and ordering a few sets of plans to pore over
and think about. Since I don't currently have room to lay up a spar
or fuselage, I've got a built-in window of opportunity to think a
while and make a long-term plan. I make slow but steady progress.
(FWIW, here's an inspiring story about the benefits of slow-but-steady
progress, and I don't mean the magic of compund interest:
http://www.donshewey.com/2001_zine/daffodils.html)

Corrie
http://www.itasca.net/~corrie/homebuilt_plane_blog.htm
(My thanks to the folks here who prodded me into action.)