Return-Path: Received: from smtp4.gateway.net ([208.230.117.248]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 04:15:19 -0500 Received: from oemcomputer (1Cust55.tnt1.coeur-dalene.id.da.uu.net [63.27.107.55]) by smtp4.gateway.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA22416 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 04:22:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000901c04d53$72f5a760$376b1b3f@oemcomputer> Reply-To: "dfs" Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: "dfs" To: "Lancair List" Subject: One-Handed Pilots Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 01:23:55 -0800 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Rob Wolf: When I first went to Rockwell, back in '69, I worked with a supervisor named Ron Starkey who had lost a hand to above the wrist, AND was a first-rate pilot! Ron had a general purpose prosthetic device that allowed him to manipulate the yoke and his flying was no different than any other pilot. (No more and no less crummy landings than the next guy!). He drove, hunted, fished and in general didn't seem all that actively hindered by the device. Rob, your CFI friend should encourage the potential pilot to go for it. As we all know, for the pilot, flying's mostly a mental exercise anyway. Good luck to him! Dan Schaefer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>