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lo2u

Joined: 11 Apr 2006
Posts: 46
Location: Upstate New York

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

After a stint in the US Army as a Hospital Lab Tech  most of the time in Germany I finished my Bachelors at SUNY  Albany.

  

  Taught, 3 years teaching high school in  Endicott NY 

  Two years at a middle school in Niskayuna,NY  ..

  When Sputnik went up the NSF paid for me to  get a Masters at Duke in Durham,NC..

  The last 25 years was spent teaching Biology  and Ecology at HVCC ( a community college) Troy,NY.

  

 After I retired I built a geodesic Dome from  scratch except for the steel hubs..

  

 I got the airplane bug late in life after flying a  WW2 flight sim ( Warbirds)

 going to OshKosh and seeing the warbirds : the  Zero,Spitfire,P-51's etc etc... and a TBM similar to that my bro flew in  WW2 I got the bug!

  

 Now I have belonged to The EAA and the AOPA for  over 5 years and God willing hope to finish my scratch built ( early stages heh)  701 before I am too old to fly it.. I do have a MiniMax but need a two seater  for my lovely Mimi to share the fun!

  

 Sorry to be so long but this is OT eh?   8^)

  

 Ron Culver ( 72 in a month or so )

  

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roger(at)nwtradingpost.co
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

I’m a software developer  

   

Roger  

   

Kenmore, WA  

         

  

From: owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dave Ruddiman

 Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:09 PM

 To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED  

  

     

I'M JUST SITTING HERE AT THE COMPUTER TAKING A BREAK FROM DRILLING HOLES AND GOT TO THINKING ABOUT ALL THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BUILDING, WANT TO BUILD, OR ARE FLYING ZAC PLANES. I'M CURIOUS. WHAT DO ALL YOU PEOPLE DO FOR A LIVING? I'M A COMMERCIAL PAINTING CONTRACTOR IN OREGON.  OF COURSE YOU CAN DELETE ME FOR ASKING AND MAYBE IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINESS, BUT THEN THAT'S WHAT THAT KEY IS FOR. THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO KNOW.  

    

   

    

DAVE IN SALEM  

    

   

    

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Gig Giacona

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1416
Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

COO of a small Professional Employer Organization. We outsource payroll and Human Resource Services for small businesses.

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W.R. "Gig" Giacona
601XL Under Construction
See my progress at www.peoamerica.net/N601WR

crvsecretary(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Hello Listers:

    

   Looks like I'm the underachiever of the bunch - I'm a Technical Service Specialist for a company that manufactures tankless electric water heaters.  

    

   After a 30 year career in Graphic Arts - from printing press operator to field service to tech support specialist - I was downsized as the domestic graphic arts machinery imploded here in the Northeast.  I worked for a year as a Project Administrator for a company that manufactures airport lighting. Yes, I know more about MIRL, HIRL, MALSR, ODALS, REILS, (is that enough acronyms for you????) beacons, windsocks, obstruction lighting and airport signs than anyone should need to know.  When they started with layoffs I was getting out on my schedule, not thiers!

    

   I finished my BS in Management 4 months ago (yes, I know - late bloomer) after an AS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology.  I love to learn.

    

   Happy New Year everyone!

    

   Tracy Smith

   Naugatuck, CT

   601XL kits -N458XL (reserved)

   tail complete - wings 25%

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bryanmmartin

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1018

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Robot programmer and retired naval reservist (avionics technician).



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Bryan Martin

N61BM, CH 601 XL,

RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.

do not archive.

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N61BM, CH 601 XL, Stratus Subaru.
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eedetail

Joined: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 20
Location: Idaho

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Another Cad jockey here - I am a structural steel detailer, my firm makes shop drawings of steel skeletons for buildings. 

I bought my 601HD used, maybe if I ever retire I'll build my own.

TimE

dwilde(at)clearwire.net
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Semi-retired water manager.  Started with hang gliders in 1970, 

ultralights since 1990 and now a newly minted Sport Pilot.  Building a 701.



Dan Wilde

mrcc1234(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

My  turn,

  

 I am a 39  year old Naval Architect with an offshore engineering company, based in Houston,  but with offices around the world.  This is as close as I could get to  yacht design and still make a living.  Mostly I push a computer around my  desk with design and stability tasks for our FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage  & Offloading) conversions.  We take big tankers (VLCC class) and moor  them offshore above a sub sea field and take on crude, refine it, and spit it  into shuttle tankers that come along to collect it.

  

 I also  designed oilfield equipment for two years, animal cages for a few and worked  with Rockwell at NASA as a cad drafter for awhile.

  

 My affair  with flying also began later than some.  I have been excited about flying  for about 10 years, but have not been able to due to money.  7 years ago I  started flight training and that lasted for about 4 hours before I figured out  that I still could not afford it.  Than last year the bug really bit and I  now have about 15 hours.

  

 I have  always been enamored with homebuilts as well.  The cozy's and  longez's really catch my eye, but I really dislike working with messy  composites so they were out.  It took William Wynne and his Corvair work to  finally convince me that I could afford it.  The XL and Corvair seem to be  a perfect match and well within my abilities.

  

 I have  not really started but have everything collected that I need to begin the  tail.  I am enjoying meeting the folks by email and in person who have  "been there and done that".

  

 Having a  blast in Houston,

 Happy  Newyear

 Matt

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Tommy Walker

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 442
Location: Anniston, AL 36207

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Born  1/27/1943. (at)  Knoxville, TN.

USAF 1961-1965  Aircraft Mechanic (APG)  C-130 Hurcules.

Currently live in Anniston, AL.

Educated beyond my intelligence

School Teacher, etc.... 

Retired 1996.

Second Career  http://www.sti-k12.com  for 9 years.

Retired 2nd time. Now independent Contractor, installing K-12 Admin Systems and training users.

First flight in J3 Cub in 1956.

Co-owned 1959 Cessna 175, sold it in 2004.

Let medical lapse.

Begin building N8701 in August 2004. Rotax 912ULS

I'm a better reader than builder, but we're getting there.

Met some of the greatest folks here on the Zenith list.



Tommy Walker in Alabama

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Tommy Walker
N25A - Anniston, AL

jeffrey_davidson(at)earth
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Well Todd, if you are the "world slowest airplane builder", you have company.  I have been "building" my 601 HD since 1994.  That is a dozen years so far.  Who was it that said 400 hours?  It is just about ready to make the trip to the airport now so the end of the initial building sequence is somewhat near.    

   

Jeff  Davidson  

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From: owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Todd Osborne

 Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:47 AM

 To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: RE: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED  

  

   

I am also a computer programmer, been doing that since the 70’s, professionally for 17 years now. I live just outside of Madison, WI but work for a resort in Orlando, FL so I travel down there a lot. I am the world slowest airplane builder.  

     

   

Todd Osborne  

  

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georgerace

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 788
Location: Albion, MI

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

I am now retired after 39 years at Albion College.  I have been a computer builder, software program designer/writer, Plant Supervisor, Director of Audio Visual, Telecommunications Manager, Voice Mail guru, ID Card and Electronic Lock designer, and for the last 2 years of my career, the Owners Representative for the College of a $42 Million building project.    

   

I only started flying 3 years ago.  Have 77 hours in a C172, soloed, cross country, etc…  FAA put me on a Medical leash, doing a $5000+ Nuclear Stress Test once a year due to stints back in 1995.  Did not do my check ride but decided to build my own airplane and go the Sport Pilot route, finishing my Student training time in my own CH-701.  Now better than half way built, hope to have it in the air by summer or fall of 07.  The future N73EX!  

George in Albion MI  

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JohnDRead(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Hi Dave:

             For  a living I spent 30 years doing the electromechanical design of high speed line  and serial printers and disk drives. I then changed careers and did marketing of  integrated circuits. For the last ten years prior to retiring I was engineering  and group manager for a semiconductor group that designed custom ic's for  computer peripherals. Our group designed the first and only chipset to fully  support all of the seven DVD standards. I retired three years ago to have  some fun. I am a SEL and Glider rated pilot.I have a PA28-182 which is for sale  to finance the completion of the 701. I have also built model aircraft for  fifty or so years. I am the newsletter editor for a model aircraft club. I am  busily at work on a CH701 (built just like the plans)! 

  

 Happy new year to all. John Read - CH701 in Colorado

  

 BTW this snow is becoming a pain, I just spent 5 hours on my tractor moving  snow. Do not archive.

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John Bolding

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 281

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Sold , designed, installed paint spray booths and  paint spray equipment ( electrostatic, powder)for 34 yrs along the Texas Coast,  now do rent property and provide kits and welded fuselages for the  Legal/Double Eagle Ultralight- Sport Aircraft.

 Learned to fly in a C170 in the 60's, have owned a  c-180, Tripacer, Lake,AG-14 (only 5 made). Restored a Seabee that flew the  Atlantic.(not with ME) Rebuild projects have been a Pacer and Champ (still  have). Homebuilts have been an RV3, Glasair and Legal Eagle (unfinished)   Currently am 30% into a 701 on amphibs. Also have an F-1 Rocket kit  I'm working on sporadically.(when you look up "attention defecite disorder" on  Google that's my picture out to the side)

  

 LOTS of interesting folks on this  list!!!   LOW&SLOW   John  Bolding

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richardharvey(at)nc.rr.co
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

I am a clinical psychologist working for the VA for  the last 30+ years.  I flew intermittantly for several years back in the  1970's, then quit for 20+ years (kids, careers, etc), and have been back to  flying on and off for about the last 6 years.  I'm building a 601 XL from  the kits- my first such project.  I will power it with the Jabiru 3300 and  Senenich wooden prop.  Parts all over the house and the shed, the main body  in the garage.  Learning a lot and loving it too!  I'm probably about  2/3 done, but the progress is sure slow what with working full time, mucho yard  to keep up with, etc.  In any case, interesting string here...

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MaxNr(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Retired (sort of) pilot. Last 26 years flying medium and heavy helicopters for the energy industry (U.S. Gulf of Mexico). Before that, was a fixed/rotary Army Aviator for 14 years specializing in medical evacuation. Owned a Champ, Luscombe and Beech Musketeer. Was building a Thorp T-18, but it did not survive corrosion while in storage while I was globetrotting. Also rated in gliders (Commercial ticket). First solo in a J-3 Cub on skis Feb 16,1957 in Maine. 

 I am now doing part time consulting for an oil company re: aviation safety, operations & facilities. I tried to tell them I was retired, but no dice. Also working with an A/P who is still employed by my old company, and he's getting started on a Cub clone from scratch. 

 I am surprised as anyone that I have gone almost 50 years with a pristeen record, looking back on the type of flying I did. 

 

 Bob Dingley, Pace, FL

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jpspencer(at)cableone.net
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

unemployed and homeless

 Joe

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MElrod3732(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

I'm a 51 year old 747-400 captain for Northwest Airlines.  Prior to  Northwest, I was a flight instructor and commuter airline pilot for Britt  Airlines. My 1st solo was in a J3 Cub.

  

 Mike Elrod

 701 on amphib floats, 50 hours

 Fenton, MI

  

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Ron Lendon

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

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Currently employed as a Metal Model Maker Leader for General Motors Technical Center in Warren MI.  I delegate work but haven't had my hands really in it for years now.  Been in the trade since 1967.  Have access to all the CNC/CAD stuff but am getting back to my roots and trying to use minimal computer stuff.  Layed out all the forms by hand and sawed em then ground em.  Having a blast getting my metal working skills back.  I hope to make this 601 without any fiberglas.

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WW Corvair with Roy's Garage 5th bearing
CH 601 XLB
N601LT - Flying
http://www.mykitlog.com/rlendon
Corvair Engine Prints:
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phd1993

Joined: 04 Apr 2006
Posts: 18
Location: Overland Park, KS

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:02 am Post subject: Re: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Retired Clinical Pharmacokineticist (scientific number cruncher in the pharmaceutical industry).  Flying for 2 years - for her 60th birthday the wife wanted to learn how to fly and then build our own airplane.  Current airplane is a 1971 Piper Cherokee 140.  Started on 701 kit last July and now in process of mounting engine.  No previous aviation experience - this is the first airplane we have built.



Sam Hutcheson

Overland Park, Kansas

701 kit - final assembly



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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:09 am Post subject: SORT OF AIRCRAFT RELATED

Finish the damned plane and live in  it.

  

 Ed

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