After nine years of building I expected to see the pic of my plane on the front page of the NY Times - or at the minimum on the front page of Sport Aviation. LOL
Thanks and keep in mind - we are first and foremost BUILDERS then we are fliers.
That's your opinion. My take is that after my design and build is complete, the only place I expect to see my airplane is in the air and in a hangar. Anything else is just gravy. I don't have a sense of entitlement that my design will be worthy of the front page of Sport Aviation or Kitplanes.