On Mar 24, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > Funny (?) story. A friend of mine was part of a flying club a few years ago. > The club decided they wanted to expand their fleet and so they found a > relatively inexpensive piper super cruiser. The guy selling it was an old > farmer from a remote rural area. After they bought it, they came to discover > that the guy never bothered to get his pilots license because he just flew it > around his farm (!!!) Also, he never bothered to get his A&P either, but he > did all the maintenance himself. He never worried too much about the FAA and > figured he was so remote he wasn't bothering anyone else with his hobby. > > So by the time they got done pulling all the John Deer (tractor) parts off > the airplane the cost at least doubled for them to get it fully certified and > air worthy again in the eyes of the FAA. :-) > > Curt.
He obviously understood flying better than most. Peter :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
