Hey guys, I finally got to and past the 1000 hours mark on N357CJ and her heart beat, the 3100 cc corvair. My son and I took a trip down deep into Virginia yesterday to have lunch with Mark Lankford. Somewhere over the mountains maybe 50 miles west of Roanoke Va. the flight timer clicked from 999.9 hrs to 1000 hours. I has taken 13 1/2 years to get here. I have had a few issues over the years but the confidence in this plane/engine combo is unshaken. I really couldn't be happier with the choices I made back when I knew so much less about flying. I used to hear that the KR was not a great XC machine. The corvair was not near the development it is now. I took my chances anyway based on the bang for the buck theory. I have not been disappointed. simple math puts the plane at well over 125,000 miles traveled. Just this spring with modest flying time I have traveled about 4000 miles. Over the years there are about 10 trips to Florida. 5 to OSH, probably 5 to Mount Vernon, probably 10 Corvair colleges at a number of places, one trip to California and back, A bunch of fly inn's and the ever popular Sunday morning pancake breakfast just to make sure my wing loading stays high. I have talked to some guys over the years that started to fly and found themselves giving up because they didn't know what they would use it for and without purpose the cost became a burden. For me it is simple - I deserve my guilty pleasure...beyond the pleasure there are all the places I would not have seen, all the great people I would not have meet and become friends with, all the exceptional hospitality that I would not have experienced.
Build on, Fly on, above all be safe, Coming to an airport near you soon, Joe Horton N357CJ- 1003 hrs _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
