To the right is a Frank Duarte photo of my jet at an airshow in England. Look carefully and you can see my "Gunman" nose art on the jet. Thanks to "Tags" Aguera for this photo.
My Background
I'm Stan Sutterfield, a retired USAF pilot who last flew the F-16C at MacDill AFB, FL.
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In the left photo I'm sitting in my workshop
with my grubby work clothes on.
To the right is a Frank Duarte photo of my jet at an airshow in England. Look carefully and you can see my "Gunman" nose art on the jet. Thanks to "Tags" Aguera for this photo. |
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My F-16 in Germany
An F-16C cockpit. |
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| Other military aircraft include the F-4 Phantom | and F-5E Tiger | I'm currently a Southwest Airlines Captain flying the B-737. Here is a HUD view in the 737. |
Here is shot of Pat and I cruising at FL410 on Christmas Day 2004
I've owned 8 civilian aircraft, I'm a CFI and I've been involved in general aviation since 1975.
Off the subject, but so what. Here are a couple of short videos of Close Air Support in Iraq.
The Overall Plan - I'm custom building this RV-8A as a fun sport plane with IFR capability. The instrument panel will be all glass (Blue Mountain EFIS) and it will incorporate a two axis autopilot capable of flying a coupled ILS if needed.. The engine will be an IO-390 with E/P Mag ignition and turning a MT 3 blade propeller. It will have a two battery, one alternator electrical system. I'm going to use HID lights for the landing lights and halogen bulbs for the recognition lights. I'll use the Whelen comet flash strobes and hold out for someone to devise high quality LED positions lights. Whelen currently has excellent LED position lights, but they're 24 volt. I am considering going to 24 volts - not just for the position lights, but because there are other advantages to 24 volts. (Update-Nope scratch that idea.) This plane will be handed down to my children for their flying pleasure so I'm focused on not taking shortcuts.
Timeline - My current plan is to fly by the end of February, 2006. Ha! Okay, the new timeline is to fly before I retire.
Should you need to contact me regarding this web site or the building of my plane, you can contact me at speedy11@aol.com.
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