"JIM HANKINS" <jghankins@msn.com> wrote:

>My thoughts on hiring a test pilot for the first flight.  Did you send someone else on your  honeymoon?>>

Let me get this straight, is having sex on your honeymoon equivalent to flying a high performance aircraft?


<<If you can't fly it the first time, you should not have built it!>>

Ridiculous!  If everybody builder followed this logic, Lancair would have sold...hmmmm, 5 airplanes....

My advice:

1. Don't listen to Jim.

2. Builders getting close to flying their dream airplanes should assess their talents and experince.  If, even in the slightest, you feel uncomfortable in flying your aircraft for the first time, call Lancair and let them do the initial flights.  No other kit company does this (as far as I know) and my kudos to Lancair for doing so.  

Rick Argente
LNC2 360ZR