Hi everyone! I am thrilled to join you all and post on this forum for the first time. Let me quickly introduce ourselves and our project Laurent is an professional aeronautic engineer, ultralight and aircraft builder, currently CFI in a piloting school in Cholet, France. I am a military pilot, also (very theorically) an aeronautic engineer. I am well into ultralights as well, trikes, autogyros, etc! We met this february when I undertook my SEP Seaplane Class Rating in Biscarosse, France, as he has been my instructor on the lovely Piper PA18.   Last Month, we bought an Avid Amphibian, sold to us by a removal man who emptied a barn, sadly after the death of its owner. The aircraft is in pretty bad shape, at least the barn has protected it from humidity, but there is a lot of work to do. I will post soon in the dedicated category, we'll probably need help on many subjects!   Have fun! Elie