Thought this might be of interest. - Ed Lindsay -
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From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls@aeroelectric.com>
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List at Matronics
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> OBAM is the seed of an idea that I thought I'd plant and see what
> happens. For years, we've been pretty proud of "amateur built" or
> "home built" as terms to describe our craft. Problem is, if you use
> these terms in conversation with the average person on t he street
> you get a response that is less than positive.
>
> "You mean these airplanes are built in somebody's house?" or
> "My gawd, I'd never set foot in an airplane built by an AMATEUR."
>
> Using the word "experimental" isn't any better. So how about
> Owner Built and Maintained aircraft? When amateur built aviation
> was in its infancy, each builder was pretty much on his own. Yeah,
> there was Sport Aviation and yeah, an occasional mechanic
> working in the certified world might drop by to help out . . .
> but by-in-large, each completed airplane was a solitary effort.
>
> Today, with kit offerings joining with a huge and growing
> infrastructure of builder communications on the 'Net, I'll suggest
> that our efforts are head and shoulders taller than "amateur".
> A builder may be working on his first and perhaps only construction
> project but the support structure makes his endeavor anything
> but amateurish.
>
> So how about it folks? This is a sort of pull yourself up by the
> bootstraps effort. I am reminded of good advice handed down
> by many who would mentor somebody up in the knowledge and
> skills of their particular specialty. "Son, if you want to be a
_________,"
> then then the FIRST thing you have to do is look, talk, and act like
> you ARE a __________." In our case, we fill in the blanks with
> the phrase, "builder of the world's finest single engine airplanes."
>
>
> Bob . . .
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