Original Posted By: "Hodgson, Mark O"
Congratulations Bert. It is so good to read great reports.Alex Sloan-------------- Original message -------------- Well, I finally got to fly my plane today. I struggled since 1995. I wrestledwith the FAA (and they turned out to be great, by the way) - I've wrestled withthe wind and cold weather for over a month. I got to fly her twice this afternoon. No surprises. She flew hands off (buthow would i know, I was pretty busy hanging on!)I'll admit it's a bit overwhelming. How truly amazing - I'll repeat it - AMAZING!- to break ground in a plane you built from sticks, plywood, fabric and piecesof metal. You and your family lived every single up and down for over 9years. You worked almost every spare hour you could give up. You spent everysingle surplus dollar you had. You answered and explained and described and defendedand discussed and cussed and dreamed and did without and prayed that thatsucker would work - someday. Over and over and over and over and over again.And it did. It did!How TRULY amazing.You guys that are still building.... DO NOT QUIT! I promise you - it's a lifealtering event.I'll post some pictures in the next few days.....Now. Get back to the shop and get TO WORK!!!!bert in Florida!Congratulations Bert. It is so good to read great reports.Alex Sloan-------------- Original message -------------- Well, I finally got to fly my plane today. I struggledsince 1995. I wrestled with the FAA (and they turned out to be great,by the way) -I've wrestled with the wind and cold weather for over amonth.I got to fly her twice this afternoon. No surprises.She flew hands off (but how would i know, I was pretty busy hangingon!)I'll admit it's a bit overwhelming. How trulyamazing - I'll repeat it - AMAZING! -to break ground in a plane you builtfrom sticks, plywood,fabric and pieces of metal. You and yourfamily lived every single up and down for over 9 years. You worked almostevery spare hour you could give up. You spent every single surplus dollaryou had. You answered and explained and described and defended and discussedand cussed and dreamed and did without and prayed that that sucker would work- someday. Over and over and over and over and over again. And it did. It did!How TRULY amazing.You guys that are still building.... DO NOTQUIT! I promise you - it's a life altering event.I'll post some pictures in the next few days.....Now. Get back to the shop and get TO WORK!!!!bert in Florida!________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Corvair College in New EnglandDate: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:36:38 -0500