Kitfox of the Month John and Deb McBean

[DesertFox4]

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Name & TeamKitfox.com username: John and Debra McBean
City/state: Homedale, ID
Kitfox model/series: Series 7
Engine & prop: Rotax 912S and IVO prop.
Date started, date completed: February, 2002 – October 2, 2003
Story of your Kitfox:

We ordered our Kitfox kit in the Fall of 2001 and took delivery in February of 2002. Originally planned to have a Lycoming O-235 in a tail dragger configuration.. strange how things change. After 500+ hours behind the Rotax 912UL and 912ULS engines flying the factory aircraft my mind was changed to the Rotax. Performance is simply awesome. Debra, also being a pilot, had no desire to learn to fly a tail wheel aircraft at this time. So tri-gear it is. We started building in our small 2 car garage in Meridian, Idaho. I had already sketched the paint and had a panel layout, so the hard work was done, now we just needed to build it. After 18 months, DNA from 3 dogs and a cat N102YB (Ten Two Your Business ) took to the air on October 2, 2003. ‘Yankee Bravo’ was ready for the first flight 3 days earlier but we just had to wait until 10-2. What a great feeling when your dream takes flight. Now another challenge… Phil Laker had started a type club called the Desert Fox Squadron and they had a fly-in scheduled for October 10th just outside of Phoenix, AZ. We needed 40 hours flown off for the phase one fly-off before we could leave for the DFS fly-in in 7 days. We loaded ‘Yankee Bravo’ the morning of 9th and headed south to ThunderRidge, AZ with 39.5 hours on the hobbs. We would meet our 40 hours before we were outside our designated area. Reality set in about 2 hours into the flight that we were flying the aircraft we built on a 779 mile trip to Arizona. Today we have over 700 hours on ‘Yankee Bravo’ with flights all over the US and all over the Idaho back country. ‘Yankee Bravo’ is now in the tail dragger configuration and looking forward to some more off airport fun.
The Kitfox family is remarkable with varying experience and from all walks of life. It’s a lot of fun being part of it.

• Basic Panel with:
• Garmin 396 (originally 295)
• Garmin SL-40 comm
• Garmin GTX-327 transponder
• PS Engineering PCD-7100 intercom / CD

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Fly Safe !!
John & Debra McBean
Ph 208.337.5111
www.kitfoxaircraft.com
"The Sky is not the Limit... It's a Playground"