From Michael B. of Moorook, Queensland, Australia (September 2002):

I'm an engineer with a twin brother who is a construction manager. A few years prior to starting the project we were on the lead up to turning 30. So for our 30th birthday we decided to build a couple of planes and fly them around Australia. The kits arrived in a box on the 14th of August, 2000. Both airframes were completed within 9 months of the box arriving. It then took another 5 months to get them painted and all those other things organized. Then the motors were ordered and the firewall-forwards were put together. The engine we selected was Rotax 912. My plane first flew on June 5, 2002, and my brother's machine (the one with the yellow stripes) first flew yesterday.

The machines fly as expected: 4 to 5 second take offs and high angle of attack climbouts are what they do... she climbs like a homesick angel and handles like a dream.

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The twin planes; One with blue trim, the other with yellow trim:

Following are some construction photos: