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amhoner(at)rtmc.net
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:43 am Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

I have lost the sight of my left eye, and will sell  my carefully built 601XL for about one half of what I have in it.

  

 Includes Jab 3300 mounted in fitted cowling,  firewall forward, dual sticks, hinged ailerons, aileron trim. Fuselage ,wings  and tail are complete and have been test mounted and cables rigged. wings are  back off.

  

 fuselage is complete less about half the work to  finish the canopy...Ready to install the systems, decide what instruments and  radios to buy and to put in it and do that job.

  

 Airplane is in N.C., and can be had for $17,500.  Off- line inquiries please...Lots of pictures

  

 EAA guy says "excellent"

  

 amhoner(at)rtmc.net...336-857-1151 ([email]amhoner(at)rtmc.net...336-857-1151[/email])

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Tim Juhl

Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Posts: 488
Location: "Thumb" of Michigan

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

Friend,

I'm sorry that you feel you must sell your XL.  Such decisions are never easy.



I would like to point out that in my flying career I have worked with two pilots who had sight in only one eye and each went on to earn their private licenses.  One owned and flew a Piper Arrow for many years.  Also, let us not forget the great Wiley Post.



Good luck!



Tim Juhl

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gboothe5(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

Also, Saburu Sakai, Japan's greatest living ace. Lost one eye in 1943 and

went on to score many more kills (over 80 total)! 



Gary Boothe 

Cool, CA 

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sutliff(at)suddenlink.net
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

What you pay attention to matters much more than  how many eyes you see things with. Disappointment is inevitable. Surrender,  however, is still optional. Give it a while. It seems a shame to walk away  from an excellent aircraft.

  

 Dred 

  

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Larry Hursh

Joined: 16 Feb 2008
Posts: 125
Location: Edwardsburg, MI (near Elkhart, IN)

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

Please, please, PLEASE......do yourself a really BIG FAVOR (and the rest of us that are feeling your pain and sorrow).  Do NOT SELL YOUR LOVE OF FLIGHT!!  Hold on to your airplane for several years until you get a more definitive idea of what your limitations are.  As others have said to you before, they know of, or are personal friends of people that HAVE FLOWN and DO FLY with only one eye!!  Sure, things are going to be hard to adjust to at first, but in time, your body DOES learn to adapt - and it adapts quite well for the most part.  Give yourself some space and time.  Do those things you need to to complete your "baby".....I would hate to see you give up this dream while you're in this state of mind.  Learn to drive your car first and then see how it goes.  Remember too, you do NOT NEED a General Aviation License to fly this!  You can claim you will fly this under the new Light Sport Class, which you only need a valid driver's license!!  DO NOT go for another flight medical.....you do not want to be denied for any reason.  You do NOT need a medical to fly under the Light Sport!!!  Please check out what I am telling you.  The Zodiac CH601XL IS A "PERFECT" Light Sport aircraft!  



I hope I've given you something to really think about and a sense of hope for your future in flying.....don't EVER give up your dreams!  



Blue Skies Always,

Larry H

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"One rivet at a time......one day at a time.."

CH650 (Converted from CH601XL)
1/2 done with fuselage
will be Corvair Powered

Jaybannist(at)cs.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

Personal experience:  During my fuselage build, I suffered a detached retina.  Beyond surgery, part of the correction was inserting a gas bubble in the eyeball to keep the retina pressed against the lining of the eyeball.  The gas was slowly absorbed and it was gone in about six weeks.  But while it was there, I couldn't see through that bubble; so I had single eye vision for a while.  Sure, it really eliminated "normal" depth perception, but I kept building. I keenly recall drilling the flap actuator bracket to its support, upside down, using a mirror and one good eye. It CAN be done. Please give yourself some time to adjust before deciding to chuck it. Please.



Jay in Dallas 601XL N2630J "Lil Bruiser"



"skyridersbn" <skyridersbn(at)yahoo.com> wrote:



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Please, please, PLEASE......do yourself a really BIG FAVOR (and the rest of us that are feeling your pain and sorrow).  Do NOT SELL YOUR LOVE OF FLIGHT!!  Hold on to your airplane for several years until you get a more definitive idea of what your limitations are.  As others have said to you before, they know of, or are personal friends of people that HAVE FLOWN and DO FLY with only one eye!!  Sure, things are going to be hard to adjust to at first, but in time, your body DOES learn to adapt - and it adapts quite well for the most part.  Give yourself some space and time.  Do those things you need to to complete your "baby".....I would hate to see you give up this dream while you're in this state of mind.  Learn to drive your car first and then see how it goes.  Remember too, you do NOT NEED a General Aviation License to fly this!  You can claim you will fly this under the new Light Sport Class, which you only need a valid driver's license!!  DO NOT go for another flight med!

 ical.....you do not want to be denied for any reason.  You do NOT need a medical to fly under the Light Sport!!!  Please check out what I am telling you.  The Zodiac CH601XL IS A "PERFECT" Light Sport aircraft!  



I hope I've given you something to really think about and a sense of hope for your future in flying.....don't EVER give up your dreams!  



Blue Skies Always,

Larry H



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Larry Hursh (N601LL Reserved)





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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

If you haven’t lost you medical yet then you can fly as a sport pilot – no questions asked. The only medical requirement for sport pilot is that you hold a valid driver’s license.  

   

-- Craig  

       

From: owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of A. Michael Honer

 Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:40 AM

 To: Zenith-list(at)matronics.com

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I have lost the sight of my left eye, and will sell my carefully built 601XL for about one half of what I have in it.  

    

   

    

Includes Jab 3300 mounted in fitted cowling, firewall forward, dual sticks, hinged ailerons, aileron trim. Fuselage ,wings and tail are complete and have been test mounted and cables rigged. wings are back off.  

    

   

    

fuselage is complete less about half the work to finish the canopy...Ready to install the systems, decide what instruments and radios to buy and to put in it and do that job.  

    

   

    

Airplane is in N.C., and can be had for $17,500. Off- line inquiries please...Lots of pictures  

    

   

    

EAA guy says "excellent"  

    

   

    

amhoner(at)rtmc.net...336-857-1151 ([email]amhoner(at)rtmc.net...336-857-1151[/email])  

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

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Ron Lendon

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 685
Location: Clinton Twp., MI

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

This is a poem my father taught me that has helped many times in my life.

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It Couldn't Be Done

Edgar Guest 



Somebody said that it couldn't be done,

  But he with a chuckle replied

That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one

  Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin

  On his face.  If he worried he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

  That couldn't be done, and he did it.



Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;

  At least no one ever has done it";

But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,

  And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,

  Without any doubting or quiddit,

He started to sing as he tackled the thing

  That couldn't be done, and he did it.



There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,

  There are thousands to prophesy failure;



There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,

  The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,

  Just take off your coat and go to it;

Just start to sing as you tackle the thing

  That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.

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Many good people here want to see you continue with your dream of flying.  Give it time.

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CH 601 XLB
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kmccune

Joined: 22 Sep 2007
Posts: 577
Location: Wisconsin, USA

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: Re: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

Don't do it! For all the reasons stated above and simply because, it takes a human to pilot an airplane. You can still breath and you can still see, my guess is that your humanity didn't leave you. So by my count, you can still be a pilot. Hell, because of your loss, you'll most likely end of being a better, safer pilot just because you pay more attention to whats going on then you would have with both eyes! Don't sell yourself short, give it an honest chance.

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Dorothy McCune

Trainnut01(at)aol.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:59 am Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

My best friend left his left eye behind in Viet Nam. He flys almost every  day, I don't think he even misses that eye anymore.

 Carroll

  

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goodings(at)yorku.ca
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

Michael:



Let me make you aware of the work of Professor Ian Howard, a clinical

psychologist at York University in Toronto.  Ian showed, with detailed

experimentation, and even managed to convince Transport Canada, that a

person does not use two eyes for stereoscopic vision at a distance beyond

about 10 feet.  That is, in landing an aircraft, you are NOT using

stereoscopic vision, so that one (good) eye is essentially as useful as

two.  One gets depth perception from the brain trained to reference on

all the other surrounding objects beyond 10 feet.



John Goodings, C-FGPJ, CH601HD with R912S, Toronto/Carp/Ottawa.

jmcburney(at)pobox.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

My ophthalmologist (sp?) told me, and I've tried it and found it to be true,

that our binocular vision only gives us depth perception to about fifteen

feet.  Beyond that it's the brain's ability to interpolate/extrapolate using

known shapes and apparent movement that gives us depth perception.  So, as

Larry Hursh wrote a few posts ago, Give yourself some space and time.  Our

bodies are "fearfully and wonderfully made", and adapt to many seemingly

insurmountable difficulties.  Reread Larry's post, print it out, keep it and

read it when you feel like surrendering, and keep your dream!



Blue skies and tailwinds



Jim

CH-801

DeltaHawk diesel

Augusta GA

90% done, 90% left

Kevin Bonds

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 171
Location: Nashville, Tn

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

Micheal



I have a unique perspective on this. I lost sight almost entirely in my 

left eye when I was about 13. Got into a fight with a struck nail while 

building a skateboard ramp. My vision was about 20-400 if I squinted. I 

lost the natural lens in my eye and the doc didn't want to put in an 

implant since I was still growing.  Before the accident I was a good 

shot with a basketball. Afterwards for a while I couldn't hit the "broad 

side of a barn" and I bumped into a lot of walls and furniture. But in a 

few months time I was hitting baskets again just like nothing was lost. 

I didn't miss my eye after a while. as a matter of fact I waited until 

my late 20's to have that implant put in. Bad news is, the first one was 

too small and slipped downward causing me to see through the 

edge--giving me double vision in that eye for a couple of years (I had 

to wait to totally heal before redoing the operation). But one of the 

"visions" was almost 20-20. Even the seeing of double out of one eye 

didn't bother me that much after a while. As long as I didn't close my 

good eye, my brain would compensate by filtering out the incorrect of 

the two "visions". So don't get down. Give yourself some time. I am 

speaking from experience.

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bryanmmartin

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1018

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: Toughest e-mail I ever wrote

One of the great legends of aviation, Wiley Post, only had one eye. He set two records for flying around the world, the second one solo. He developed a pressure for high altitude flying. The loss of an eye didn't effect his ability to fly.

On Feb 23, 2008, at 1:40 PM, A. Michael Honer wrote:

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		  I have lost the sight of my left eye, and will sell my carefully built 601XL for about one half of what I have in it.

 

Includes Jab 3300 mounted in fitted cowling, firewall forward, dual sticks, hinged ailerons, aileron trim. Fuselage ,wings and tail are complete and have been test mounted and cables rigged. wings are back off.

 

fuselage is complete less about half the work to finish the canopy...Ready to install the systems, decide what instruments and radios to buy and to put in it and do that job.

 

Airplane is in N.C., and can be had for $17,500. Off- line inquiries please...Lots of pictures

 

EAA guy says "excellent"

 

amhoner(at)rtmc.net...336-857-1151 ([email]amhoner(at)rtmc.net...336-857-1151[/email])

 

 

	




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Bryan Martin

N61BM, CH 601 XL,

RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.

do not archive.



 



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