tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794375423395722582.post5241306767359700487..comments2023-08-26T06:03:03.893-07:00Comments on --- BEAR CREEK SKUNK WORKS ---: Team SA7 Visits Mud Flats InternationalJean-Pierre Bernouxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05939799605995750914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794375423395722582.post-69407427675242386972014-03-21T18:32:45.548-07:002014-03-21T18:32:45.548-07:00So where is the airplane now? I'm flying n161...So where is the airplane now? I'm flying n1613. <br />cvonsoosten@yahoo.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02875152473084114972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794375423395722582.post-27720449375750330272011-05-31T06:32:16.623-07:002011-05-31T06:32:16.623-07:00How true, JP. We have come a long way, but owe R...How true, JP. We have come a long way, but owe Ray Stits and others from the 1950s a great deal for having proven to the FAA that citizens can build and fly a safe airplane. Your comrades in France did the same.Kent Misegadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04724180063797869735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794375423395722582.post-89945954153963810052011-05-30T08:55:59.077-07:002011-05-30T08:55:59.077-07:00I Quote from above:
"Ray Stits was known to h...I Quote from above:<br />"Ray Stits was known to have skimped on detailed builder directions in his designs, believing that a builder who needed these probably shouldn't be constructing an airplane. How times have changed!"<br />Times have changed for the better because now we have kits and for a kit vendor like VANs, it is in their interest that a customer's build goes to completion. At the time of plan's builds, the Ray Stits of the world once they had sold their plans did not have lots at stake to see a high percentage of completion... and it showed!Jean-Pierre Bernouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05939799605995750914noreply@blogger.com