Original Posted By: "Douwe Blumberg"
Very nice progress Vasek!!Is it difficult to find steel tubing?douwe________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: "Vasek"
Just for a minute consider this:I am not giving anyone a hard time, saying anyone is wrong nor even having an argument.I don't actually think I am going to change the perspective of the peoplewho wrote in much. However, there are a lot of people who will read thisthat you will not hear from, many of the non-professionals and new to homebuilding,and my goal is to get them to think about information sources more broadlyand with a far more critical eye. I am sure that guys like Douwe understandthe benefit of the introduction of different perspectives and as an artist hehas certainly withstood far harsher commentary, with far less of a point to it.I could use Douwe's comment on C-150s as an introduction to say that if I was doingan annual on that 150 and told the FAA I was only going to comply with AD'swritten before 1988, they would pull my ticket. Maybe that isn't the exactthought Douwe was getting at, but my point is if it gets someone to better understandthat the definition of 'airworthy' is constantly improving, then I canask that people commenting have thick enough skin to allow some new builder tounderstand that. Hopefully a list like this is about people thinking and learningnew things and not semantics and who gets to be 'right.'Jerry, I am trained not to give any consideration to tact whatsoever, if it interferes with or dilutes a message of airworthiness even one percent. An aircraft mechanic who is even slightly temped to couch things in 'nice' terms because he is reluctant to tell a owner there is a needed giant expense, or his operation of the machine is deficient is a danger to his pilot and a stain on the trade. I was taught that by this man: http://flycorvair.net/2014/02/23/erau-m ... integrity/. I took an oath, administered by him, to be the passenger's last line of defense, and if it was needed, I would forsake every other consideration to protect them. If you work outside aviation, that might sound quaint. but I can tell you I havedirectly prevented someone who was not previously listening, from killing themselvesand their passenger, by saying the message they didn't want to hear ina way that would have been considered 'tactless' in an office building. Peopleget killed in planes, but Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is rarely fatal. The differencein the Arena matters. I have also directly seen a pilot killed doing somethingthat 6 people present knew was wrong and very dangerous, but none of themsaid anything because he wasn't a good listener, and people wanted to avoidhaving a discussion with in terms that might get tactless.If you would like an example of how seriously I take the oath: We had a guy whowas going to try 5 hours bottle to throttle, hammered drunk to actually flyingyoung eagles in our EAA chapter. When no one else wanted to be 'tactless' andstop him, I told everyone present that my oath required me to physically stophim, and I was fully prepared in the absence of other action, to remove theman from his plane and beat him until he was not capable of flying it, and I didn'tcare if this meant going to jail. I look at things in simple terms: I wouldrather got to jail than attend some kids funeral and explain to his parentswhy being diplomatic was more important than their child.For more reading on the cost of not speaking up when others are trying to be polite: http://flycorvair.net/2012/02/20/effect ... 898-words/ and: http://flycorvair.net/2012/06/25/if-onl ... ld-him/The easiest way to predict what an individual will get out of experimental aviationis to ask these questions: Does the person really want to learn? Do theybecome defensive when encountering different ideas? Do they look for ways to improvetheir approach a lot harder than they look for affirmation that they havebeen right all along? There are plenty of people who have finished and flowna plane who would answer No, Yes, No to the three questions, the exact wronganswers. Their flying plane dosen't mean that being willfully ignorant and closedminded is valuable. It just means they were willing to accept a giant unnecessaryrisk for themselves and their passengers, accept a greatly diminishedexperience, and lead a stagnant life, all to protect their weak little ego.-wwRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vasek
Just for a minute consider this:I am not giving anyone a hard time, saying anyone is wrong nor even having an argument.I don't actually think I am going to change the perspective of the peoplewho wrote in much. However, there are a lot of people who will read thisthat you will not hear from, many of the non-professionals and new to homebuilding,and my goal is to get them to think about information sources more broadlyand with a far more critical eye. I am sure that guys like Douwe understandthe benefit of the introduction of different perspectives and as an artist hehas certainly withstood far harsher commentary, with far less of a point to it.I could use Douwe's comment on C-150s as an introduction to say that if I was doingan annual on that 150 and told the FAA I was only going to comply with AD'swritten before 1988, they would pull my ticket. Maybe that isn't the exactthought Douwe was getting at, but my point is if it gets someone to better understandthat the definition of 'airworthy' is constantly improving, then I canask that people commenting have thick enough skin to allow some new builder tounderstand that. Hopefully a list like this is about people thinking and learningnew things and not semantics and who gets to be 'right.'Jerry, I am trained not to give any consideration to tact whatsoever, if it interferes with or dilutes a message of airworthiness even one percent. An aircraft mechanic who is even slightly temped to couch things in 'nice' terms because he is reluctant to tell a owner there is a needed giant expense, or his operation of the machine is deficient is a danger to his pilot and a stain on the trade. I was taught that by this man: http://flycorvair.net/2014/02/23/erau-m ... integrity/. I took an oath, administered by him, to be the passenger's last line of defense, and if it was needed, I would forsake every other consideration to protect them. If you work outside aviation, that might sound quaint. but I can tell you I havedirectly prevented someone who was not previously listening, from killing themselvesand their passenger, by saying the message they didn't want to hear ina way that would have been considered 'tactless' in an office building. Peopleget killed in planes, but Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is rarely fatal. The differencein the Arena matters. I have also directly seen a pilot killed doing somethingthat 6 people present knew was wrong and very dangerous, but none of themsaid anything because he wasn't a good listener, and people wanted to avoidhaving a discussion with in terms that might get tactless.If you would like an example of how seriously I take the oath: We had a guy whowas going to try 5 hours bottle to throttle, hammered drunk to actually flyingyoung eagles in our EAA chapter. When no one else wanted to be 'tactless' andstop him, I told everyone present that my oath required me to physically stophim, and I was fully prepared in the absence of other action, to remove theman from his plane and beat him until he was not capable of flying it, and I didn'tcare if this meant going to jail. I look at things in simple terms: I wouldrather got to jail than attend some kids funeral and explain to his parentswhy being diplomatic was more important than their child.For more reading on the cost of not speaking up when others are trying to be polite: http://flycorvair.net/2012/02/20/effect ... 898-words/ and: http://flycorvair.net/2012/06/25/if-onl ... ld-him/The easiest way to predict what an individual will get out of experimental aviationis to ask these questions: Does the person really want to learn? Do theybecome defensive when encountering different ideas? Do they look for ways to improvetheir approach a lot harder than they look for affirmation that they havebeen right all along? There are plenty of people who have finished and flowna plane who would answer No, Yes, No to the three questions, the exact wronganswers. Their flying plane dosen't mean that being willfully ignorant and closedminded is valuable. It just means they were willing to accept a giant unnecessaryrisk for themselves and their passengers, accept a greatly diminishedexperience, and lead a stagnant life, all to protect their weak little ego.-wwRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Vasek