Hey Tim,

I was so busy at the time that I didn't get a chance to remember your
name.  I have often wanted to thank you for going to get my jeep.  I
know that was a big addition to your drive home, which is plenty long as
it is.  You and your family were very gracious and I can't thank you
enough.

I still also owe really big thanks to Scott Bilinski, Chris and
Indira Kleen, Bill Marvel, and Mikey (rest his soul) Robin and Paul
Lamar, not to mention my loving wife, who all gave up an entire Saturday
and flew up there at their own expence to help me get the wings off.  I
never could have done it in a weekend without their help and it would
have been stuck there until I got back from deployment.

It's stuff like that which makes this such a great community.  I hope I
get a chance to repay the favor some day (without anyone having to land
on a freeway).

Dave Leonard



   wrote:
   >
   >  Dan, I think you are making all the right decisions about
   reliability and
   >  usability. I hope to be there myself one day. Certainly not even
   close so
   >  far, but that is to be expected considering it is a one-off.
   >
   >  I realize you may not be the fastest, but far from the slowest as
   well. You
   >  represent a 200 h.p. c/s side-by-side RV that is well-know with a
   reputation
   >  for being well built. i.e. You are the gold standard for
   performance. If
   >  people want to know how my rotary RV performs I could throw out a
   bunch of
   >  numbers that don't really mean much, or I could say "It does __x__
   compared
   >  to Dan Checkoway's RV-7." The later will have a lot more real
   world value.
   >  Same goes for fuel burn: "On a typical flight flown right next to
   Sharpie,
   >  I burn x more/less than him."
   >
   >  That jump-in-and-fly-to-Honolulu ability you have will obviously
   take a few
   >  more years, but I feel that it is eventually achieveable. I'm
   still pretty
   >  young and the RV was always meant to be a life-long
   investment/project. :-)
   >
   >  --
   >  David Leonard
   >
   >  Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
   >  My websites at:
   >  http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rotaryroster/index.html
   >  http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html
   <http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/vp4skydoc/index.html>
   >  http://leonardiniraq.blogspot.com <http://leonardiniraq.blogspot.com/>
   >
   >
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   >
   Hi David
   Glad to hear your are almost up and flying again.I was on the road
   when you put it down and went back up to Mammoth to get your jeep for
   you.Tim