REFLECTOR: PEACE -- OUT.

[Rene Dugas]

Tom,
We will miss your varied and insightful comments and will consider you
always a Velocitite.  Once a builder always an aviator.  Best wishes and
fly safe.  Hope to see you when some where some time you walk up to one
of us and say "I built one of these and loved it."
Yours is a beauty.  Ken will treat her well.
Rene'
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Tom Martino
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:55 PM
To: Velocity List
Subject: REFLECTOR: PEACE -- OUT.

I do this with a very heavy heart.  I am withdrawing from the list.  I
no
longer own a Velocity.  I sold it to one of the smartest people I have
ever
met when it comes to experimental planes:  Ken Mishler.

He made temporary repairs, tracked down all of the bugs (with the
electrical
system) and flew it home from Denver to Vero Beach.

I am soooo happy he got the plane.  He will keep it flying ... He will
show
it off and I hope win awards.

Building a Velocity was one of the most fulfilling experiences I ever
had
... I started the project years ago as a distraction.  My previous wife
had
decided she no longer wanted to be married.  The Velocity was my "mental
health" tool.

Near the completion of the project I found a new (younger) wife ... And
had
children (for the first time in my life).

The Velocity did not quite fit the new lifestyle.

That's when I bought the Cirrus (parachutes are wife pleasers) ... It
was an
uphill battle ... Especially after the engine-out off-airport landing.

Velocity owners are the best. They love planes, aviation and are NOT
snobs
like many of the rest of the ownership groups.

If you see N173EX around ... Drop by and say hello.

Tom Martino

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