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"You lose only when you quit."I've found that to be true in all aspects of my life and it's what Icounsel to students and junior faculty.--Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD, FARVOAssociate Professor of OphthalmologyEmory University School of MedicineOn 3/17/14 11:03 AM, "William Wynne" wrote:>>Builders,>>Six months ago I was sent a very nice hat from EAA HQ, one of the new>ones with the traditional logo. It was something of an olive branch, as I>had worked as a staff writer for many years, but later became an outsider>during the 'corporate shift'. When I saw the hat's tag said "Made in>China." I sent it back with a note that I would not wear it, and they>should not send things like this to EAA members like Pietenpol builder>Roger White.>>There are some good photos of Brodhead and Oshkosh 201o at this link:>>
http://www.flycorvair.com/osh2010.html>>About half way down you can see Roger's picture, and he is wearing a hat>with a Combat infantryman's Badge. Something he earned at great cost,>fighting Chinese in Korea. In my note to HQ I explained that Roger may be>subjected to China products at Walmart, because it is a corporation, but>the EAA is allegedly a membership association, not driven by profit, and>we can have US made hats for men like Roger.>>If you would like to know how to go from being on the EAA publications>masthead for four years to being persona non grata, easy: All you have to>do is write a stream of stories like this one, which points out how much>of the US light aviation industry is already owned by the Chinese:>>
http://flycorvair.net/2013/07/23/commun ... osh/>>When the message is "These are our new friends," Writing stories about>the EAA's president getting caught by 60 minutes with a fake engineering>degree, makes one a pariah. I wrote the story below after the C-162>failed, pointing out that the EAA president Jack Pelton, Mr. fake degree,>was the guy who plotted exporting the project to China. The story was>widely circulated, and yes, I even heard from the EAA's person who runs>the 'China Pavilion' at Oshkosh, explaining how much better things would>be I just saw it their way. Sadly, they are not really worried about me>starting a revolt, as they know only 10-15% of the membership cares about>"Made in USA.">>
http://flycorvair.net/2013/10/23/cessna ... ->>Michael, I assume that your gas price was a typo, because gas was $1.56>in 1999, it has not been $.56 since well before you were born. I am 51>years old, and I have a strong feeling about keeping aviation affordable>to working Americans like you. At it's very root, this was the driving>force behind BHP life's work. He started this in the depression, when it>was a lot harder, and I don't intend to drop the ball on my watch. We are>not a country of spectators.>>>From the story above:>>"So, who will make Americas light planes? You will, the>working American, just as you have always done. In 1946 Cessna went>from war production to making 30 C-120s and C-140s a day, without>any issue at>all. The greedy corporate scum like Pelton had 6 years to tool up and>they>couldnt hardly make 30 aircraft per year in China. The only important>difference is that the Cessna ownership in 1946 respected their workforce>of>Americans, and 60 years later Pelton had all his faith in the best $2/hr>Chinese>workers he could buy. Moving forward, it is clear that Cessna has now>abandoned>the affordable aircraft market. This makes no difference to any>homebuilder.>In 1946, Cessna was something of a partner to American labor in producing>that>generation of affordable American aircraft. Today, they have proven to>be a>worthless element. Each of us, developing our own craftsmanship, will>work in>our own one plane factory and produce our own aircraft. This is how>American>labor will build this generation of affordable aircraft. We dont need>cheap>labor in China, we dont need greedy CEOs and we dont need any>membership>organization that is headed by a person who fails to understand this.-ww.>>-------------------------------------------->>Michael, when I was 32, I had just spent 5 years and my $70K life savings>Embry-Riddle, had a 3.85 GPA, and he highest paying job in aviation I>could find was $10/hr. My personal wealth was limited to my Piet project,>1,500 pounds of books and tools, a rusty 1967 Corvair, what I knew, and a>handful of friends. From there I made progress, but I also made a series>of foolish decisions that slowed my rate of climb, and one on 7/14/01>that came pretty close to costing my life. It is a safe assumption you>are smarter than me, and trust me, no matter how bad things seem>economically, you can build your plane. You loose only when you quit.>Find other people who motivate you and focus of their positive>perspective.>>You can see in the photos below that we live on a little airport, but we>live pretty frugally. I have long known that I am happy when I am>dreaming of and working on a project. Material goods beyond tools don't>keep me happy. every decision I made to put my craft first, to invest in>myself instead of consumer goods, was a step toward building, flying and>happiness.>>If you read anything I write this year, make it the last 5 paragraphs of>the story below:>>
http://flycorvair.net/2013/09/09/sunday ... rt/>>>Read this topic online here:>>
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