"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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mark is the isolation of the mojave desert one of rutan's best aids to
invention?
if he worked in the bustle of LA, for instance, do you think he'd be
anywhere near as innovative or productive?

me, I just love working in my workshop without any television in
earshot.

Stealth Pilot

When Burt was working at Micky D at Lambert Field in St. Louis he was still
creative. I recall he mounted a large scale model of one of his designs,
the VariViggen I believe, on the hood of an old beater car and drove it at
appropriate speeds up and down the runway at the airport in St. Charles, Mo,
to do his wind tunnel work! I thought that was pretty darned creative!

Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport ( PJY )

PS: The Pinckneyville Flyin is coming up, May 19, 20, and 21. Time to
start planning. Let Mary know you are coming at or there
may not be any food for you! :-)