From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Builder's Week and alternate engines
To: lml
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:40:41 -0500
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Posted for Art Jensen <flycassutts@yahoo.com>:

Happy New Year to all,

I am the guy doing the eight week program on the
Legacy.  One must consider the cost of $4,000 per week
plus living expenses for eight weeks compared to
taking between three and five years to have a flying
plane.  I elected to get it done and go flying.  I
also rented an apartment for $650/month, pretty nice
place, referred to me by my sales representative,
Jody.  

After my Christmas/New Years break I expect to have
the first flight around the end of this month
(January) and fly it home sometime in February.  I
will fly off the required 25 hours in Redmond.  

Another consideration for the eight week program is if
you are the kind of guy who enjoys the build process
and you don't like being rushed and you are meticulous
about the quality of work, you might want to consider
doing just two weeks then taking it home to complete. 
Things that you might have liked to do will get
missed.  However, I suppose that if you are willing to
pay extra and stay longer they will be happy to do
what ever you want to add extra touches to personalize
the plane any way you would like!

In my case, there are some things we missed doing that
I would have liked to do, but going back now is not an
option.

I know that Joe is trying hard to make positive
changes to improve the build program.  But changes
take time as does quality.  Given a chance and for
word to get around, the eight week program will be in
demand for many Legacy builders.

I am in the process of writing an article on my
experience during this eight week build program and
will be submitting it to Kitplanes for publishing.

Art Jensen
N927J (reserved) 60% in five weeks
email: flycassutts@yahoo.com for more info.