Well Joa; if the Cherokee isn't exactly the right vintage, it certainly is the right lineage. And just how old is "elderly"----- now watch it!!! <G>
JOA WROTE : >Hee Hee, my elderly friend will get a kick out of hearing this! He thinks >Lance is a kook and can't stand Lancairs. He has a 210 and when he hears a >Lancair call out from 30 miles he'll wait about one minute and then call out >that he's 20 miles when really he's only about 5 and then the Lancair will >come up and wonder where the heck the 210 came up so fast from. Then he'll >drop flaps and fly as slow as he can around the pattern and the Lancair will >have to go around every time! The tower controllers just grin! > >Guess you gotta realize how cocky the Lancair guys get around here (well not >sure about the factory folks but the ones that come in are jerks sometimes.) >I haven't had problems with them yet though. I don't think they would even >know what an Ercoupe is. From a distance most folks call my darling a >Cherokee. Well at least the right vintage anyway :) > >Joa >www.deschutes.net/~co291 >"Vaircraft/CH-601 Building Page" >_________________________ >-----Original Message----- >From: Doug Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: joa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:22 PM >Subject: Re: Lancair > > >>The rumors are apparently true. >>Several years ago,(ten maybe) I regularly skied with Fred Meyers, a cousin >>to Lance. Fred's father and father's brother ( or was it another >>uncle--it's a bit hazy now) were partners in the Meyers Aircraft. I >>remember Fred telling me the story, and it closely resembles the rumor. I >>remember also that Fred said his father took to converting Grumman Widgeons >>to "opposed power" after Myers Aircraft fell apart. By the way, the last >>time I talked to Fred, an accomplished multi-ticketed pilot, he was flying >a >>J-3. >>Doug >>
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