Building? Is he mad? 

Let me explain. When I returned from France with the ink still wet on my licence, I had to start looking for a plane of my own. My Instructor, Reg Whittall, had given me chapter and verse about the possibilities. What's good, what's bad, what to pay, what to avoid, etc. Trouble is, the machines he recommended are few and far between on the second hand market, and those that are advertised are always the other side of the bloody country. Add to this the danger of someone lying in the engine and airframe log (not having entered problems properly, or just plain under-logging), and I started to make enquiries about the cost of new machines.

Now I cannot afford the latest 912 4-stroke powered superships (20k plus), so I made a few enquiries and found that the Mainair Blade comes in a home-build kit form for about 11.5k plus VAT. This is a highly regarded machine, powered by a 582 2-stroke Rotax engine. That'll do for me, I thought.

Mentioned it to Reg and he said "Check out the new Air Creation Kiss that's in the final stages of Section S certification. I did. It's lovely. It's cheaper then a Blade (10k+VAT). I bought one! Here's what it will look like:

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