X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:13:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: ######### X-Orig-Return-Path: joeb@lancair-kits.com X-PolluStop-Score: 1.00 X-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1.0.3 X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [66.39.167.154] (HELO mail.lancair-kits.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 673413 for marvkaye@lancaironline.net; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:46:20 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.39.167.154; envelope-from=JoeB@lancair-kits.com Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C5A403.7ADC29D2" Subject: Kevin Roberts X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 X-Original-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:45:30 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <56F61FFD4498E64DB11C90D0C2B618FF0702DF@lindbergh.lancair.local> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Kevin Roberts Thread-Index: AcWkA3q1hEK0jNk7Q+SL+cXnzqwjfg== From: "Joe Bartels" X-Original-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5A403.7ADC29D2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We at Lancair remain, one and all, in shock. Compounding the pain of = Kevin's loss is the fact that it comes much too quickly on the heals of = Sterling's death. I can still hear Kevin's voice filled with enthusiasm = after speaking to another Lancair kit customer. He was new to sales, = yet he fit right in. I guess it was because he not only enjoyed selling = but loved flying and selling Lancairs. Kevin had over three hundred = hours of flight time and enjoyed building time in both our Cessna 150 = and the Legacy FG. He was a good pilot. He was a good employee. We = must all learn from these most recent and unfortuate events that while = flying is fun, it remains a serious business that must be treated with = the utmost respect. =20 There are those of us who worry each day as to what might happen to them = if they take any chance whatsoever. Those individuals may live a long = and fruitful life without the risk, but therefore without the reward = that flying an airplane of one's own construction may provide. In 1992, = shortly after the death of my father, his good friend Bob Chehardy, who = is now 80 years old, asked me if I there is something I would like to do = that I hadn't yet. I stated that I was thinking of building an = airplane. He said "Do it now! Life is short. Don't wait. You may not = be here next week." Whether it is building an airplane, being with your = family on a vacation, taking a walk in the park or making a phone call = to a friend you have not spoken with for several years...do it now. =20 =20 Joseph C. Bartels, CEO Lancair International, Inc. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C5A403.7ADC29D2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A=

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We at Lancair =0A= remain, one and all, in shock. Compounding the pain of Kevin's = loss is the =0A= fact that it comes much too quickly on the heals of Sterling's = death. I =0A= can still hear Kevin's voice filled with enthusiasm after speaking = to =0A= another Lancair kit customer. He was new to sales, yet he fit = right =0A= in. I guess it was because he not only enjoyed selling but loved = flying =0A= and selling Lancairs. Kevin had over three hundred hours of flight = time =0A= and enjoyed building time in both our Cessna 150 and the Legacy = FG. He was =0A= a good pilot. He was a good employee. We must all learn from = these =0A= most recent and unfortuate events that while flying is fun, it remains a = serious =0A= business that must be treated with the utmost respect.

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There are those =0A= of us who worry each day as to what might happen to them if they take = any chance =0A= whatsoever. Those individuals may live a long and fruitful =0A= life without the risk, but therefore without the reward that = flying an =0A= airplane of one's own construction may provide. In 1992, = shortly =0A= after the death of my father, his good friend Bob Chehardy, who is = now 80 =0A= years old, asked me if I there is something I would like to do that I = hadn't =0A= yet. I stated that I was thinking of building an = airplane. =0A= He said "Do it now! Life is short. Don't wait. You may = not be =0A= here next week." Whether it is building an airplane, being with = your =0A= family on a vacation, taking a walk in the park or making a phone call = to a =0A= friend you have not spoken with for several years...do it now.

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Joseph C. Bartels, = CEO

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