On 24 Feb 2004 07:19:56 -0800, (Mike Henley) wrote:

Ernest Christley wrote in message .com...


I wouldn't be so sure. It wasn't such a long time ago that I had the
same astonishment at the idea. Remember, our public education system
and popular culture in general is now designed to weed out and destroy
anything resembling initiative or self dependance. If it ain't store
bought, it's redneck. 12 years of such meticulous brainwashing is VERY
hard to overcome.

i'm not trolling, just curious... jumping off a balcony sounds
dangerous enough to me, let alone flying a homebuilt flying machine...

do you have to have some pro experience or can anyone build such a
thingie...

Mike my Wittman Tailwind was built by an old truck driver who never
got as far as high school. He is about 84 now.
I have never had a moments doubt in 260 hours of flying the tailwind
that I am flying a competently built aircraft.

look it is not hard but aviation is a definite technology. join the
EAA, read their magazine Sport Aviation and buy yourself the set of
construction books by the late Tony Bingelis from the EAA.
that move will get you a competent start into understanding the
technology of building your own aircraft.

btw if you make the start into building an aircraft be warned that it
is more addictive than heroin. but it'll remain legal for life :-)

Stealth Pilot
Australia