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Hangar Flying / Re: New guy
« on: February 03, 2011, 10:58:51 AM »
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Thanks for the "heads up" guys.  I appreciate all.  Especially the part about buying a "Dog."  I'm not very familiar with full scale aircraft, and that was a concern trying to buy one.  Thanks for David name and contact info.

I'm in the Atlanta area.....Specifically Loganville, Ga.  I'm right down the road from a guy name John Leder.  He has a Velocity at the Covington Airport.

He took me up in it a while back and I fell in love.  It fish-tailed a little here and there, but other than that a very stable platform.

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Hangar Flying / New guy
« on: February 01, 2011, 06:09:15 PM »
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Hi All....I'm the new guy here. I wanted to say hello first of all, and let you know that I'm interested in building or buying a Canard.

A little background about me.  I work for UPS as a driver.  I'm 42 now and a family man with 1 wife and 3 kids, 2 poodles, 1 rabbit, 1 turtle, and a garage full of RC planes (modeling with my dad since I was 11).  I even lost my virginity to a girl in my Civil Air Patrol unit when I was a teen (TMI???).  Was in the Army, and worked for the State of Georgia Prison system for a while.  That was where I met my wife. :o That's also where I got my call sign "Screw."

I'm a pilot SEL since 2000, and I've spent a few years flying "club owned" Cessna's and Pipers recreationally.  I spent a few years playing with gyroplanes and have built two "N" numbered registered gyros.  Both are sold now.  I have experience building and flying Experimentals as well as dealing with the paperwork.

I got out of gyros a few years ago due to a tragic death, or series of deaths that just hit way too close to home.  My first gyro was a Ken Brock KB2 VW powered (Great flyer...No bells or whistles).  I sold to a gyro instructor in Mustang Ok.  After owning it for a couple of years and as I was just starting to fly my new 2 place Dominator, I heard about the death of the guy that bought my first gyro.  Apperently, he got caught up to low and slow for a downwind turn.  Then that very year, one by one, a total of five people that I new personally all had died due to one reason or another.  No matter the reason, they are all still dead and all were much better gyro pilots than me.  I sold out.

Now I'm itching to get back in.  I've renewed my Medical, put in a few hours here and there, and my shop is begging for a project.  I'm not sleeping at night thinking about it.

Where can I purchase plans, instruction booklets, ect. for a Long EZ?  I've seen the Aircraft Spruce sells some stuff, but not the basic stuff like plans or pre fab wing or fuse for an EZ.  What's the deal on the EZ?

Thanks in advance-

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