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Introduction: Hello everyone.
Hello everyone,
I'd like to introduce myself to the group since I'll probably be around here for a while. I've been lurking for the last several months. My name is Don, and I'm a retired electrical engineer / business owner from Austin, TX. I soloed a Cessna 150 in 1973, and took my check ride in a Grumman Cheetah in 1976. IFR rated in 2003, so that makes me a slow learner I guess. I was sixteen in 1973, so those of you who are good at math can figure out that I'm somewhere between "been there" and "old fart". My dad talked me out of buying a BD-5 kit in the 70's (whew!) I'd really like to build something like a pressurized turboVelocity with the VNE pushed up to 250kts. I'd also like it to have a built in ballistic chute system which jettisons the engine (to its own chute) before deployment. Realistically, I'm more likely to buy something that already flys, but you never know. Right now, I'm in the middle of house remodeling, and my wife looks daggers at me when I even talk about airplane kits ;-) Looking forward to learning something from those of you who aren't scared of your wives... Don W. |
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