My Name is Seth Jackson and I am a 21 year old from Fort Worth Texas.Aviation has been a big part of my life. I grew up around airplanes on both my mom's and dad's side of the family. My first airplane ride was in my dad's Cessna 170 when I was only four years old and I was hooked ever since. We took trips in that little airplane and a few years later, we bought a Cessna 180. We had the 180 for 13 years until we decided that it needed to go. We then decided that we wanted to build a airplane. We looked at the homebuilt market and came across the RV-8. We now have a RV-8 and have been flying it ever since. After helping building one, I knew I wanted to build a RV. But I did not know which model. I looked at the RV7 and the RV4. When my dad and I were at Oshkosh 2012, I came across a guy that was camping in front of us by the name of Shawn Scott. Shawn had a beautiful RV4. He told me that he lived in our area on an airport about 30 miles away from us. After visiting with Shawn at Oshkosh I was certain that I wanted to build an RV-4. I visited him at his airport to talk to him some more about the airplane. He said that if I was real serious about building one, he would give me a RV-4 stabilizer to have so I could get started. Shawn has really inspired me to build this airplane. He is not only my friend, but he is my mentor. He told me contact him if I needed any help along the way. This past weekend, I went to a fly in and Shawn was there with his airplane. We got together with all of our aviation friends and talked for a while. Towards the end of our conversation with our friends, he told them that I was building a RV-4 and that he gave me a stabilizer. He also stated " I Do not think I could have given it to any one else more desiring, I wanted to help your dream come true for you."Later that day, Shawn took me for a ride in his aiplane. I want to thank Shawn for inspiring me to build this airplane as well as being my mentor and thanks to the RVnation group on Facebook for all the help along the way. Please join me in this adventure into building a Vans RV-4!
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