Sorry, Dan. Sent it to you only by mistake.
----- Réacheminé par Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM le 2005-11-08 14:39 -----
Serge VIDAL
2005-11-08 14:32
Pour : "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net>
cc :
Objet : Back to KR basics
I am very pleased to inform you that I received my European Private
Pilot's License (by mail) today! Boy, that was not easy. There was no way
I could convert my South African PPL in France, so I had to take the
written test and the flight test. Preparing for the flight test took me a
good 7 flight hours, and the flight test was two and a half hours of hard
work. The hardest part was to learn to fly in French, and in the congested
French airspace.
So, I am done, and I can now concentrate on finishing to rebuild the KR2.
With an extra incentive: I am a member of a homebuilders association that
owns a homebuilt Jodel D-18, which I can now rent for dirt cheap. So, each
time I make the long trip to see my aircraft (one hour forty minutes
drive, traffic jams not included), I can reward myself with a D-18 flight.
I only have a couple more small parts to make before I can start
reassembling. Two are mere L-shaped brackets that hold the wing root
mounted aluminum fuel tanks in place. Two are L'shaped aluminum brackets
with a threaded insert, which will hold on the wing WAFs, and provide a
threaded hole to fit removeable tie-down brackets. Then, I also need to
order a couple more nuts, bolts and cable accessories, which I will once
again import from the US,
I guess it's time to start filing the paperwork. Because there is a good
chance I can start testing next year.
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
