REFLECTOR: Membership Roster
Brian Michalk
michalk at awpi.com
Tue Jun 9 13:38:53 CDT 2009
Perhaps propose a corrolary to the original statement:
"It must be nice to be lazy."
Matt Bucko wrote:
> It is a shame. Life is too short to be so arrogant. No response was
> probably best.
> Matt
>
> Andy Millin wrote:
>>
>> Didn’t really respond. I didn’t see any point. I was just disappointed.
>>
>> *From:* reflector-bounces at tvbf.org
>> [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On Behalf Of *SlvEgl99 at aol.com
>> *Sent:* 06-09-2009 1:51
>> *To:* reflector at tvbf.org
>> *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: Membership Roster
>>
>> In response to "It must be nice to be rich", the correct answer is
>> "Yep". Saves a lot of BS discussion.
>>
>> Bob Wood
>>
>> In a message dated 6/9/2009 11:54:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> amillin at sbcglobal.net writes:
>>
>> I went to Rough River last year. Waiting for Brett and Beth to
>> show up. :)
>>
>> That was my first encounter with Canard Class Discrimination. It
>> was pretty
>> heavy handed at times.
>>
>> As soon as I mentioned I was building a Velocity the reply was
>> "It must be
>> nice to be rich." Then they went into how I "snapped the airplane
>> together
>> instead of actually building it."
>>
>> It was amazing...
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org
>> [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>> Behalf Of Alex Balic
>> Sent: 06-09-2009 10:12
>> To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Membership Roster
>>
>> Yea- I get that from the EZ guys at my field- although they
>> somehow have
>> fully accepted the local Burkut builder- probably because the
>> design is so
>> similar. I gain some favor because I did not get any fast build
>> options so
>> I usually start the conversations with how tough it was (not) to
>> get the
>> foam cores lined up and sanded on the wings, then they counter
>> with how easy
>> it must have been to just glue 2 fuselage halves together.....
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org
>> [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>> Behalf Of Scott Derrick
>> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:19 AM
>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Membership Roster
>>
>> I would add that there is a not so subtle class system within the EZ
>> crowd, with Velocity's at the bottom.
>>
>> What did we do wrong in their log filled eyes?
>>
>> 1.) We are flying an airplane Rutan said, "would not fly", Maher
>> proved
>> him wrong and did it any way. At least thats the story.
>>
>> 2.) Its a "no don't say it!", kit plane. Real canards are plans
>> built.
>>
>> 3.) Velocity's sell(turn over) more than EZ's, so there is a
>> perceived
>> higher percentage of bought Velocity's. A good number of these bought
>> Velocity's are owned by people with have an avid interest in
>> flying and
>> not much in building. How could they?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> PS. Boy would this message get some traction on the
>> rec.aviation.homebuilt news group! I'd have to put on my Nomex suit!
>>
>> vance atkinson wrote:
>> > Lou Stedman wrote:
>> >> After reading Al's posting about his missing door incident, I was
>> >> curious about where he was located. I pulled out my trusty Central
>> >> States Association membership roster, assuming that most canard
>> >> builders and flyers were members. To my surprise, I found only
>> eleven
>> >> Velocity owners listed out of 789 members. My question is why?
>> I have
>> >> been a member since I got my Long EZ about ten years ago and
>> find it
>> >> to be a wonderful asset when rebuilding some particular part of our
>> >> canard aircraft. I look forward to the quarterly publication which
>> >> comes out full of building tips and articles so dear to we
>> >> experimental nuts. One of the other things I find invaluable is the
>> >> annual membership roster that comes out in January with everyone's
>> >> name and contact information. I keep in my aircraft so that I can
>> >> look up fellow canardians whenever I visit anew area. I am
>> fairly new
>> >> to the Velocity Group so I may not be aware but is there something
>> >> similar to this with fellow Velocity owners. If not I would
>> encourage
>> >> all to become a member of CSA. Contact information is
>> >> jschubert at juno.com <mailto:jschubert at juno.com>. The other choice
>> >> would be to make up our own Velocity membership roster and I
>> would be
>> >> happy to get involved in this.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lou Stedman
>> >> Velocity N7044Q
>> >> Olean, NY
>> > Lou... Ive found in general that the Velo crowd does less tinkering
>> > than the "EZ" crowd does. and a lot more Velos were built by others
>> > rather than the owner. They tend to spend money on things for fixes
>> > rather than come up with a cheap homemade solution.
>> > The above is applied in general to their population.
>> >
>> > vance atkinson
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