Date:         Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:08:10 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Frozen engine
Comments: To: Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
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Angus,

Right on. BTDT!  Never take a car when you can fly! Well, maybe a Vanagon.

I watched a guy repair/rebuild an all wood, German competition
sailplane. The thing was magnificent in its construction, and the finish
was so smooth it appeared to have been made of plastic. But is was all
wood and fabric with some metal hardware. It  had landed in a place
where it went between two trees and sheered the wings off right at the
cockpit. Talk about messed up. "The Man", in this case, rebuilt that
thing so perfectly that from wing tip to wing tip there was a
mis-alignment of only one millimeter, so perfect was the workmanship. I
love and appreciate fine craftsmanship. We have some guys on this list
who are the same way. They are really fine craftsmen on our machines.
When they take on a Vanagon project, whatever it is, it is going to be
done to perfection - much better than factory! Bob Donalds was like that
- a true artisan in the trade. I really like that.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver



Angus Gordon wrote:
>> The guy is building an AIRPLANE and he's not smart enough to store an
>> engine half properly ?
>>
>
>
> "the guy" was smart enough to build an airplane to a standard of workmanship
> beyond any other I've seen in my 38 years in aviation Scott. It's a question
> of priorities, we used to drive junk cars in those days (I still do!),
> saying "a car is only good for getting to the airport".
>
>
> Angus
>
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