Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:17:42 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vineyard.net ([204.17.195.90] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1710874 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:09:12 -0400 Received: from direct (FSY6.VINEYARD.NET [66.101.65.6]) by vineyard.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7CB891663 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:09:11 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-ID: <005c01c24b58$5c123ea0$06416542@direct> From: "Ted Stanley" X-Original-To: Subject: RE: Test Flight X-Original-Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:23:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 My thoughts on hiring a test pilot for the first flight. Did you send someone else on your honeymoon? If you can't fly it the first time, you should not have built it! Each airplane is type specific, )kind of like women) no one knows it better than you! Insurance, no one has enough insurance for a homebuilt. Beware of so called qualifications. Jim Hankins I read the comments (above) of Jim Hankins. I do hope that other builders will not be infected with this same attitude. While his bravado may seem compelling, the same cannot be said of his logic. I do however agree with his admonition to "beware of so called qualifications". By the way Jim, what are yours ? Ted Stanley - A&P-IA - 11,000 PIC - current FAR 135 - Aviation Safety Counselor - IV