OK, here's the post that took too many days to get hung. Doug was nice enough to report this news yesterday (thank you very kindly, Sir Doug). So, here's the rest of the story.
BLUF: My project is now officially no longer a project...it's an airplane!
DAR Mel Asbury was gracious enough to travel to 52F and conduct N260KM's airworthiness inspection. He was quite thorough, which had two effects on me:
1) I was nerveous. I felt like a new dad waiting to find out if his 'child' was born with 7 fingers or some key component missing or broke.
2) I was grateful, because now (if ever) is the time to find a problem and get it fixed before flying the craft.
"Kelli Girl" passed! Mel gave me two recommendations, but found zero defects requiring repair. I plan to get her airborne before the month ends.
Mel left no stone unturned.
Hey Paul Dye, how often do you see two of your columnists in one shot?
A B-777 student captain of mine at American Airlines Flight Academy gave me this 'present', and I've been saving it for this very day.
Now, time to cowl up and prepare for Phase I....![Cool :cool: :cool:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
BLUF: My project is now officially no longer a project...it's an airplane!
DAR Mel Asbury was gracious enough to travel to 52F and conduct N260KM's airworthiness inspection. He was quite thorough, which had two effects on me:
1) I was nerveous. I felt like a new dad waiting to find out if his 'child' was born with 7 fingers or some key component missing or broke.
2) I was grateful, because now (if ever) is the time to find a problem and get it fixed before flying the craft.
"Kelli Girl" passed! Mel gave me two recommendations, but found zero defects requiring repair. I plan to get her airborne before the month ends.
![FP09042015A00014.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kitlog.com%2Fphotos%2Fproject_879%2Ffull%2FFP09042015A00014.jpg&hash=96041272d87d38e1f7b256b9b7e15a89)
Mel left no stone unturned.
![FP09042015A00015.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kitlog.com%2Fphotos%2Fproject_879%2Ffull%2FFP09042015A00015.jpg&hash=8e64be6455b81a0c75b2dc529c1bfade)
Hey Paul Dye, how often do you see two of your columnists in one shot?
![FP09042015A00016.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kitlog.com%2Fphotos%2Fproject_879%2Ffull%2FFP09042015A00016.jpg&hash=a69858400b8bbaae759f8d4e2c77f597)
A B-777 student captain of mine at American Airlines Flight Academy gave me this 'present', and I've been saving it for this very day.
Now, time to cowl up and prepare for Phase I....
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