I've wanted to build an airplane since I saw my first P-51 and then an F-86. I joined the local EAA chapter, and at one meeting I expressed my desire to build a plane. One gentleman turned to me and said, "Well, what are you doing about it?" Wow!
Spent hours on line researching; I wanted a high wing, but none of them performed as I wanted. It came down to a KR-2 or a Sonex. The KR-2 web site was not anything to crow about, but Sonex had a dynamite site, so, I bought an Amtrac ticket to Oshkosh in September of '08, and attended the Sonex workshop in May of '09. At the workshop I decided to go ahead, and with the $1000+ workshop discount, ordered my kit.