Blog — Flying Machines

Brent Owens is a gear head in the purest sense of the word. Along with some help from his family, he created a plane in his two car garage over a 5-year period (2,436 man-hours). “The airplane is a Van’s RV-8 which comes in kit form and then your put it together – all 15,000 rivets and thousands of assorted screws, nuts, bolts, and clamps.” Before taking on this project, he built several old school style choppers. All of those bikes are now gone to make room for the airplane, but he still has his ’56 Panhead. The airplane is...