REFLECTOR: Membership Roster

[milehitaz]

I don't know about you all but I am still giggling, thanks Scott I needed that!

And.... I just wanted to add that my feeble three surviving brain cells remember an excel spread sheet somewhere in cyber world from years gone by that had a large number of Velocity owners, Builders logged into it. This list contained Names, Kit numbers, engine and prop specs along with other equipment info and I believe E-mail addresses and phone numbers. 

I don't remember if this was a sheet that was on someone's private web page, old factory info or just where I found it. I had it stored in an old computer that is long gone and hadn't thought about it again till now. Familiar to anyone else?

Larry Lambert
XL/RG



In a message dated 06/05/09 06:21:26 Pacific Daylight Time, scott at tnstaafl.net writes:
I would add that there is a not so subtle class system within the EZ 
crowd, with Velocity's at the bottom. 

What did we do wrong in their log filled eyes? 

1.) We are flying an airplane Rutan said, "would not fly", Maher proved 
him wrong and did it any way.  At least thats the story. 

2.) Its a "no don't say it!",  kit plane.  Real canards are plans built. 

3.) Velocity's sell(turn over) more than EZ's, so there is a perceived 
higher percentage of bought Velocity's.  A good number of these bought 
Velocity's are owned by people with have an avid interest in flying and 
not much in building.  How could they? 

Scott 

PS. Boy would this message get some traction on the 
rec.aviation.homebuilt  news group!   I'd have to put on my Nomex suit! 

vance atkinson wrote: 
> Lou Stedman wrote: 
>> After reading Al's posting about his missing door incident, I was 
>> curious about where he was located. I pulled out my trusty Central 
>> States Association membership roster, assuming that most canard 
>> builders and flyers were members. To my surprise, I found only eleven 
>> Velocity owners listed out of 789 members. My question is why? I have 
>> been a member since I got my Long EZ about ten years ago and find it 
>> to be a wonderful asset when rebuilding some particular part of our 
>> canard aircraft. I look forward to the quarterly publication which 
>> comes out full of building tips and articles so dear to we 
>> experimental nuts. One of the other things I find invaluable is the 
>> annual membership roster that comes out in January with everyone's 
>> name and contact information. I keep in my aircraft so that I can 
>> look up fellow canardians whenever I visit anew area. I am fairly new 
>> to the Velocity Group so I may not be aware but is there something 
>> similar to this with fellow Velocity owners. If not I would encourage 
>> all to become a member of CSA. Contact information is 
>> jschubert at juno.com <mailto:jschubert at juno.com>. The other choice 
>> would be to make up our own Velocity membership roster and I would be 
>> happy to get involved in this. 
>>   
>>   
>> Lou Stedman 
>> Velocity N7044Q 
>> Olean, NY 
> Lou... Ive found in general that the Velo crowd does less tinkering 
> than the "EZ" crowd does.  and a lot more Velos were built by others 
> rather than the owner.  They tend to spend money on things for fixes 
> rather than come up with a cheap homemade solution. 
> The above is applied in general to their population. 
> 
> vance atkinson 
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