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Old March 3rd 08, 02:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
William Hung[_2_]
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On Mar 3, 5:43*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
William Hung wrote in news:06342b36-3d88-407e-8909-
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On Mar 2, 7:26*pm, William Hung wrote:
On Mar 2, 5:41*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:


Am I the only one that find this article self-serving?


In what way? * Collins lost his butt in the deal, gave up his trusted

old
airplane, and is facing his own advancing years. *How did he benefit f

rom
writing the article?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Hard to explain, but after a few sentences, that the feeling I got.


Wil


OK, I think his explanation not to sell it was to keep other pilots
from flying it was self-serving in a way that he thinks he's one of
the very few who can handle it (putting himself upon a pedestal) and
that his true reason is that he just can't justify the cost any longer
now that he has to pay for it out of his own pocket.


Well, I didn't get that from it. I don't think it's so much the flying it
par so much as it was getting old and the risk of someone getting it who
wasn't able for it killing themselves in it made him feel morally obliged
to do what he did.
That's just how I read it.

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It's my cynical side showing. :-)

Wil