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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: A Wonderful bunch of guys THANK YOU! |
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The response which I received from my offer to sell my project 601XL has been more than I expected, both in the many inquiries which came into my e-mail box, and the notes of reassurance and " don't give up the ship." Some of them brought tears. Thanks to all of you.
It was about 25 years ago, after We had sent off the last college tuition check for the last kid that Anne and I decided to go flying. We earned our ASEL and Instrument ratings and have between the two of us more than 4500 hours in the air, with about 200 hours of actual instrument time in our 1980 C-172, which we decided to sell about 2 years ago.
Things got tough physically for me about 10 years ago, when my MD asked me if I knew I had had a heart attack. After some months, he encouraged me to go back after my Certificate.
But by that time I was having extreme problems with a rare form of arthritis, and occasionally could barely walk. (I may finally have found the right combination to deal with that, by the way.)
It's not worth going over, even if I could without going into a blue funk.
The stroke was the last straw. Taking the positive approach, that blood clot(from a stent installed 5 years ago) was the last straw. The clot took out 60% of my left eye, but could have gone straight into my right brain and left me in bed with a bed pan, not being able to figure out what it was for.
So, it can be said that I (we) have already lived our dream of flying.
That is why the 601XL is for sale. It is well built, (if I say so myself ) and it is priced such that perhaps someone younger and healthier than I can live his own dream. I know the price is about what the engine alone costs in today's dollars.
Best wishes to all, and thanks very much for your kind wishes.
Mike Honer
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kmccune
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: A Wonderful bunch of guys THANK YOU! |
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As you wish.
You could still finish it, just for the fun of it! Then you could give an even better deal to some, as you say younger guy. Not me though, the 701 is my dream.
Best Regards
Kevin McCune
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“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
R.W. Emerson (1803-1882)
"Real freedom is the sustained act of being an individual." WW - 2009
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amhoner(at)rtmc.net
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: A Wonderful bunch of guys THANK YOU! |
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lo2u
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: A Wonderful bunch of guys THANK YOU! |
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Wow Mike that is quite a saga. Sounds to me that you have had a long successful time flying.So sorry that you have to give it up but you know your body and abilities better than anyone. Big salute from this old guy..still plugging away on my 701. If I had the money and the desire for a 601 I would take her and treat her with extreme care but alas that isn't my situation.
I hope that you can get an up in the right seat if that is to your interest.It sounds that you married the right woman as well..
God Bless,
Ron Culver
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