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Hi all' Rich Mileham will be happy to know that he is retired. He is the Regional FAA Safety Program Manager for the Gt. Lakes area, and the one who approved the 337 for the landing gear spacers. I thank him every year, and let him fly my Coupe to breakfast a few years ago. If you would like to make his day, stop in at the FAA building at Oshkosh, and thank him for all Coupers. He is not hard to find cause' he is the BOSS in the FAA building. Ask for him. He will know exactly what you are talking about. I work there for him as a counselor until about 10:30AM before I go to the JA booth. Bill Coons Ed Burkhead wrote: >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > >Roger, > >Most of us have known great FAA people like you. I fondly remember Ned >the Fed (retired long ago) who came to our Iowa regional flyins in the >'80s. He'd look at everything, legal and not, and give good, sensible >advice and information. He never violated anyone when he was there as >our guest and we learned a lot from him. He helped flying safety a lot. > >Bill Coon's acquaintance (now retired) who was an FAA staffer and a >Coupe rebuilder and who approved the landing gear spacer has helped >flying safety a LOT! > >Over the years, it seems like guys like you, Bill's friend and Ned have >mostly retired and been replaced by people with far fewer roots in >general aviation. > >But we've also heard of FAA wienies who wouldn't approve a split >elevator mod for a Coupe and that's a mod with no downside. Over the >years, I've come to advise people who want to improve their Coupe that >even with a well known and obviously good change, they need to get the >FAA to approve the paperwork before they cut metal. > >For people like you and Ned the Fed, I have to say, "Thank you for >taking care of us." > >Ed Burkhead >http://edburkhead.com/ >ed -at- edburkheadQQQ.com (change -at- and remove the QQQ) > >I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not >sure if you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. (Jim, AKA >Midnight Plowboy) > > >-----Original Message----- >From: roger anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:08 PM >To: William R. Bayne; COUPERS-TECH >Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] HP questions > >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following >any advice in this forum.]---- > > >"but keep in mind that refer to >members of an unelected agency comprised of career bureaucrats that has >already achieved every politician's dream...unlimited (personal) >authority without meaningful (personal) responsibility!" > >Wow....I really felt that my 34 years in the FAA, trying to provide the >best >possible service to our customers, and also having devoted the past 46 >years >to flying and aircraft ownership, through the years occasionally made me >a >welcome member of our collective aviation fellowship. I never realized >that >I had only achieved the status of the above quote. I think I'll turn >in my >cook's hat at the next EAA monthly breakfast and tell them I'm not >worthy. >roger > > >========================================================================= ===== >To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm >Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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