X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 14:43:28 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from cepheus.email.starband.net ([148.78.247.123] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1113059 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 14 May 2006 14:20:38 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=148.78.247.123; envelope-from=hwasti@starband.net Received: from starband.net (vsat-148-64-23-255.c050.t7.mrt.starband.net [148.64.23.255]) by cepheus.email.starband.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4EIJd1p020093 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 14:19:49 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <446774AE.5070003@starband.net> X-Original-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 11:19:26 -0700 From: "Hamid A. Wasti" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Re: IVP Crash References: Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1250 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.86.2, clamav-milter version 0.86 on cepheus X-Virus-Status: Clean Rienk Ayers wrote:

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I have already posted in the past that I am part of developing the Envoy,

I did not recall reading any such thing. Instead, I knew you as the "throttle quadrant guy" So I did a search in the LML archives to refresh my memory. In your very first post on Sept. 29, 2005, you stated that having built Lancairs and Aerocomps, you wanted a plane with Lancair's looks and Aerocomp's utility and thus the Envoy. Were you developing the airplane or had a deposit on an early kit? In a later post you mentioned OP technologies and how you had chosen them for "our" Envoy. From those two mentions, I doubt anyone can jump to the conclusion that you were part of the team developing the Envoy.

I stated that I have no current involvement with the Phoenix, which has nothing to do with the Envoy - why would I mention the one when I was referring to the other? Beside the Envoy, I have commercial interests in other ventures, including aviation. Frankly, I saw no need to disclose this - again.

I am not a lawyer or a politician, but I know some of the tricks of the trade well enough to spot them when they are used. You never stated that you did not have any involvement with the Envoy. However, you went out of your way to bring in the fact that you did not have any involvement with the Phoenix. This created the false impression hat you did not have a competing commercial interest while also putting you in the position where you could state that you did not actually lie. Therefore I am not calling you a liar, but rather pointing to your lack of integrity in trying to create a false impression to cloak you commercial interests.

I can relate to the position you are in by having involvement and commercial interests in the field -- I have a strong and long standing involvement with Chelton Flight Systems, since my company does all the hardware design for them. That puts me in a position to know about design issues with avionics and point out problems with competitors' products. While I strive to be objective and rise above my biases, I am sure biases do color my opinions. Therefore, whenever I opine about any competitor's product, I always disclose my commercial involvements and let the reader decide if they choose to take me seriously as someone experienced in the field, or disregard me as being too biased to have a fair opinion.

Regards,

Hamid