Glad everything worked out well . I would say you were in the right place at the right time, an extra set of eyes and ears in an emergency is invaluable.

Thanks for keeping the site going Mike, of all the sites I visit this one is by far the most civil, everyone seems to get along very well. Thx

I couldn't agree more, its a big loss for homebuilders and EAA. I guess we will see how things pan out.

Jimmy

I am happy to say that I am in the home stretch of getting my PPL. I had my solo at the end of June, and today I had my first cross country flight. The flight was to KBMI in Bloomington Il. Thursday we are planning on going up to Rockford Il mainly to get me more time at airports with ATC. Getting t...

I have to say it seems unfortunate that the EAA and Chad seem to be getting attacked on other forums almost like piranhas . I am not to suprised at how fast people pass judgement without knowing the whole story . I am about as new as you can get as far as getting into aviation . I am only a couple o...

I think cj is correct, I don't see things getting better real quick but just have to make the best of the situation. I was looking through the latest Sport Aviation , and there was a guy from Germany that wrote in and they are paying the equivalent of $14 per gallon.

Thanks, I have a lot to learn but I am enjoying it already. I am going up two days a week and my instructor said that I should be done some time around august ( weather permitting) .

Thanks chad for telling me about the workshops , otherwise I would not have noticed those, I also signed up for the ( what's involved in kit building) . It would be great to meet you

Hello, I have been around this forum for a little bit, but I am looking to get more involved. As of today just started working on getting my PPL. :) I have done plenty of building and flying model airplanes , but that all changed when I went to airventure 2011. That was the first time I had ever bee...