GLASS GOOSE GAZETTE * ISSUE #17, June 15, 2000

GLASS GOOSE GAZETTE
ISSUE #17, June 15, 2000

On page # 11 of issue # 16 of the Glass Goose Gazette, I made a mistake. I stated that the linkage to be extended was NG-3. That was an error. The correct linkage is NG-5 according to the new Glass Goose Plans. On the old Seahawk Plans, that linkage was the LG-4. On both plans, the bearing that has to be moved 1 3/8" up is shown as the NGB-2. In any case, that linkage is the one that is directly above the nose gear spring assembly. It is not the hydraulic cylinder and the change has nothing to do with the NGB-3 mount for the back end of the hydraulic cylinder.

INTRODUCING SAUSHA AND JOANNE McINNIS, AND GREG GARLAND

I am very glad to announce that Sausha and Joanne McInnis have joined us at Quikkit. These fine folks were previously of Sarasota, Florida and Sausha has been working for Bowes Aviation there for the last 4 years building Seawinds. He has flown in I think 9 Seawinds which he was involved in building. He made the decision to become a part of the Glass Goose program and came to Dallas with his wife Joanne to check us out. We talked and all decided that it would be mutually beneficial if they just moved to Dallas and joined the Company. Toni and I feel very fortunate to have them with us. We are at the point now that the momentum we had going back in 1996 has begun to return and we really need the kind of experience that Sausha brings to the table. It took them a week or so to get settled in from the move from Florida, but when Sausha finally hit the shop, things began to happen. We took a number of orders for kits while we were in Florida so he has plenty to do.

I was also fortunate to be able to bring Greg Garland on board with us. Greg is one of those guys that has a lot of talents and is able to cover a lot of bases for me. He is new to glass work, but is picking it up very fast and should be snorting micro before we know it! Greg and I met at the perfect time. I was wondering how in the world I was going to get my trailer loaded for Sun & Fun all by myself when we bumped into each other. He had just left a job only because it just didn’t pay enough to support his family. He had given good notice to that employer and handled the matter honorably and was looking for his new destiny. Can you imagine him realizing it was something as bizarre as the Glass Goose? Greg is married and has 2 teenage boys

THE GLASS GOOSE PROGRAM

I know it has been a long time since I have put out a news letter. As you all know, we experienced quite a blow when we lost the plane back in 96. We had worked a lot of years and gone through I guess more than we thought we could have or maybe should have when that happened. The mental challenge to stay the course was humongous but we hung on. Then the engineering study that was supposed to take 3 months drug on for a full year and following that, the debacle we went through with Crossflow Engineering concerning the Subaru engine took another year! (more about that later). After I commissioned the

engineering study, I started doing my own investigation into what caused the flutter. It didn’t take me long to realize what was the actual problem. I knew it was the flaperons and had nothing to do with the wings at all. But I had committed to spend all this money on that study and laboratory tests and all that stuff. I was afraid that if I built new wings that it would guarantee that I was wrong and that the engineers would find something wrong with the wings. Well, they didn’t and the engineer that did the study put his heart and sole into the effort. I have no regrets.

GLASS GOOSE GAZETTE * ISSUE #17, June 15, 2000

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