What a fantastic history to tell. Thank you so much.
Jeff York KR2 N839BG Georgetown Scott County Airport Lexington, KY. On Sun, May 26, 2019, 9:25 AM n357cj via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
