From Hand Model to Homebuilder

Call him the George Costanza of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. Randy Rettler, EAA 1030161, may not wear oven mitts to protect his hands like George did in “The Puffy Shirt,” the 1993 episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, but he does have experience as a hand model­, specifically as one for an EAA advertisement for SportAir Workshops. Now, after utilizing the knowledge he gained at a couple SportAir Workshops sessions and a dozen years of building, he has his own airplane — a pristine Van’s RV-9A.