Jerry Springer wrote:

Richard, I did not take offense nor was I frightened. :-) Having
attended FIRC every two years for 30 years I see the numbers and they
are not much different than those of factory built aircraft. I was
trying to figure out if you thought homebuilts were more dangerous than
any other type of aircraft? I got the impression that the original
poster was glad that he had not bought a kitbuilt airplane because they
were more dangerous. Anyone that is interested in some interesting
statistics can dnload the Nall report from the AOPA web site:

http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/

All of us that fly I believe understand that there is a certain amount
of risk involved.

Jerry

That's good news, Jerry.
Limited to text alone it is real easy to give the wrong impression or get
the wrong impression.

I've built several airplanes, depending on how you count them.
Four of my own parasols, a dozen or so with Beeson, and fairly deeply involved
in maybe a dozen others in one way or another.

I had about half finished my Tailwind when my medical was denied.
That was several years ago, but I'm still hoping to get it back some day.

I vowed, the day my Tailwind left home, that WHEN (gotta think positively!) it
is restored, I'd order materials for a new Tailwind that very day.

Richard


http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-1/

I put some new pics up this evening.
2a.jpg - 2h.jpg are the latest of my parasol. Doc named her "Betty Boop".
tank(xxx).jpg are pics of beating out the fuel tank parts.
therapy.jpg - well, it's just that - excellent therapy...