On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:22:29 -0500, "Jimmy Galvin"
wrote:

Like I said SELF PROMOTION. Only this time he screwed up. He would make a
profit out of his flight and had no intentions of sharing that profit with
the ground crew. Now he wants them to support his flight by bailing his
sorry ass out of a jamb. As far as I'm concerned both he and you can stick
it.

make it a point to meet the guy one day. you'll be humbled beyond
belief to find that he makes absolutely no profit from the flights.
They take most of his savings and he returns to work on his return.

The guy is a registered nurse and he is privately pushing the edges of
what pilots can achieve, gradually developing the aircraft and his
approaches to human endurance.

his almost bog standard Vans RV4 must be the most capable example of
the design ever evolved. when I last had a coffee with him his
aircraft was severely stretching the envelope to achieve a dead air
range of 1250 nautical miles. what he has achieved since then is mind
boggling.

Stealth (you have to have a mind though :-) ) Pilot