Funny story... I had been looking into a beryl partial build and talked to an awesome guy that actually has one out west here. He invited my brother and I to fly with him. The beryl is also a Piel design... similar to the emeraud (same wing...mostly). I'd decide I always wanted a Claude Piel design and had my sights on the beryl. My brother is a fly before you buy kinda guy.
Anyway....we flew the beryl, it flew exactly like I thought it would. My brother loved it, on the drive home we found this one on barnstormers in SC. We decided we would buy instead of wait to build. Almost two weeks of driving disassembly and packing we had it home....