"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:

Mike...I don't want anyone to get the wrong slant here. I'm very
glad that Art and your relatives fought and risked their lives
for our freedom in those awful times, but what I object to is
Art's insistence that if you didn't fight in the wars then you
know jack about anything at all. If he'd only realize that
there's very few of us who are living now who 'could' possibly
have served in his wars he wouldn't run into so much opposition.

No prob -- I think (I hope!) we've turned the corner in that regard.

Aaaand the reason for my jab above is because you seem to be
showing a similar trait WRT the experimental ultra-light bit.

Again, no prob. Like I said, Mr. McNicoll seemed to be under
the impression that he (of all people!) was somehow "educating"
me WRT the FAR's as they apply to ultralights vis a vis experimental
A/C...

Laughable!

Steven gave what I'd say was a very calm, reasonable and lucid
explanation and you jumped on him for no good reason (hell, you
even changed the terms midstream).

Wrongo. Steven changed the terms midstream not me. The
gist of my first post in this thread was simply that I am one of
just a tiny handful of pilots in the entire U.S. who can legally take
my itty bitty little trike into a major Class "B" airport and mix it
up with the Boeing 777's. That's when Steve's ego went on
override and he attempted to change the subject to some
nit-noid argument over what does or does not constitute an
"ultralight." I subsequently disarmed his argument when I
explained to him that I am fully aware of the FAR's. Afterall,
you have to be extraordinarily well-versed in the FAR's
when you're asking the feds to allow you take an "ultralight" and
operate it in surface based controlled airspace and densely
populated urban areas even at night with, or without a medical(!)
Please re-read that last sentence because no other country on
the face of the planet (besides the good ol' U.S. of A.) would even
DREAM of allowing ultralights or "microlights" to do what me
and a select few of fellow glider-trikers do!

I'm sure nobody hereabouts doubts your eminent qualifications in
the ultra-light field but you don't fare so well in the
confidence area when you lash out like Art does.

See above.

But....c'est la vie I suppose...sigh

Now there's a Krameresque retort if I ever saw one...

-Mike (if you haven't noticed, he "sighs" a lot) Marron