"Karl Townsend" wrote:

Sadly, my father is putting up for sale the project of his life. Its an RV-8
homebuilt airplane. About fifteen years ago, I visited my dad and seen a
pile of AL sheeting and extruded AL support stock for ribs etc. I spent two
days with him fabricating one side of the vertical fin on the tail. I
thought, "there ain't no way". Well, only 6000 logged hours of work later,
it flew. He went on to outfit it with every conceivable electronic
navigation device for full IFR rating.

Did he loose his medical or did he decide he wasn't alert enough to continue flying?

If the former, that is sad, if the later it is still sad but he did the right thing and
you will have him with you longer. Your dad has a strong will to complete such a project.
If that will was passed off to you, you will go do well for yourself.

Wes