Sorry guys! I didn't mean to leave ya hangin... This real job thing has really gotten in the way of my soaring addiction.... a necessary evil unfortunately... but it is going to be a good thing for me. While I won't have much freedom to fly toys, I will have access to a full scale plane to assist me in getting around to manage some of our remote offices. Soooo... at least I'll be in the air.
I'm trying to get them to look at a Cirrus, but they seem to be stuck on an A-36, and now the owner is making noises about a twin. As I wouldn't have to pay for fuel while on company business, a nice Cessna 421 would be nice, but then, I wouldn't be able to afford to borrow it... so I'm pushing for the Cirrus. We'll know more in a few weeks.
Up and coming contest season:
I've flown the Supra pretty exclusively for the past couple of seasons. There is absolutely nothing that touches it in the air... its launch performance is outstanding... its light air performance unmatched.... but it never fit my landing style, and I'm just too old and stuck in my ways to relearn how to land. Many of you land the Supra very well. Bob McGowan won the Masters with it for Christ's sake, so it certainly works, just not for me...
Anyways..... Looks like I may be flying a new model for the season, at least until the Stalker is done. You all know what a freak I am for span... well, there's not really anything out there that'll beat a Supra in the air... except maybe .... a bigger Supra. Can you say Icon 2? What's drawn me to the model is the span, and, more importantly, the flap span. Now I know the model had some issues when it was first released, but Don Peters has retooled the fuse... added some nose moment, and gotten rid of the outsourced tailboom and is molding the entire fuse in one piece. He can now control tailboom flex... Oh, and did I mention he's made a larger stab for the model? If all goes well, expect to see me maidening mine at the SWC.
How does all this affect the development of the Stalker? Right now, I'm not real sure. Barry is understandably not real happy about it. He owns the Stalker. I believe in the Stalker, and I have told him I still want to work with him on the development. He, of course, may choose to go a different way. It really would be a shame to let it die... I expect it to be the next generation in contest sailplane performance...
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