{"id":4700,"date":"2025-03-10T13:18:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T13:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/continental.aero\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2025-07-13T13:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:38:44","slug":"andy-roviras-continental-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/continental.aero\/andy-roviras-continental-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Rovira&#8217;s Continental Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4700\" class=\"elementor elementor-4700\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ce5a13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ce5a13\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183b384 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"183b384\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andy-Rovira-Stories-Behind-Engine-1024x655.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4702\" alt=\"Andy Rovira - Stories Behind the Engine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andy-Rovira-Stories-Behind-Engine-1024x655.webp 1024w, https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andy-Rovira-Stories-Behind-Engine-300x192.webp 300w, https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andy-Rovira-Stories-Behind-Engine-768x492.webp 768w, https:\/\/continental.aero\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andy-Rovira-Stories-Behind-Engine.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-274a37d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"274a37d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Andy Rovira&#8217;s Continental Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9d79a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b9d79a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p><p>My name is Andy Rovira, and the story behind my engine began nine years ago when my friend and I embarked on a project to build a J3 from scratch. 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