REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!

Greg Poole reflector@tvbf.org
Fri Jun 4 22:39:49 CDT 2004


Do it Tom! - if any of the newswires hear of the success of this area  then
they too might open a confessional box as a regular item.

Greg in Sydney.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Martino" <tmartino@troubleshooter.com>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 6:31 AM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!


> I am seriously considering a book called "Pilot Confessions" -- no
fooling.  What a cool and educational book this could be!
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Paul Calhoun [mailto:paul@med-amb.org]
> Sent: Fri 6/4/2004 5:07 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!
>
>
>
> I've enjoyed this subject line immensely because I've "been there" so
> many times. My proudest moment came five years ago when I had just taken
> delivery on the XLRG kit. What a joy to roll that "fastbuild" into the
> womb of my garage. But something was concerning me. The nose gear and
> wheel didn't look like it was going to fit into the nose compartment. To
> my despair my observations were confirmed with a tape measure. Yep, the
> gear was too long. After much pondering I could only surmise that the
> factory had sent me the gear strut to some other model. I phoned my
> concerns to Mark Machado who was our West Coast tech support at the
> time.
>
> After explaining in detail the exact measurements, there was a long
> silence from the other end. Those of you who knew Mark know he had a low
> tolerance for imbecility. At length I heard, "Paul, try swiveling the
> nose wheel 180 degrees."
>
> N992PC was delivered from my garage to the airport last week. Yesterday
> saw the successful initial fire up of the engine. What a high it is to
> hear that authoritative growl for the first time! Its maybe the closest
> thing for a guy to experience giving birth. Well, it does prove that
> morons can build a Velocity. But will it fly?
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of RJohn15183@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:53 AM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Confession Week!!!
>
>
> Whoa! That gives me the heebies just thinking about how close that was!
>
> > I was shookup and hadnt even noticed the prop had actually
> > hit the back of my hand just skinning it slightly.
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