X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:41:54 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from nk11p08mm-asmtp001.mac.com ([17.158.58.246] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0c2) with ESMTP id 5906907 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:40:12 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=17.158.58.246; envelope-from=gw5@me.com MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_uP06jigiMzh94/uEgGm9eQ)" Received: from [192.168.1.124] ([98.26.68.249]) by nk11p08mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-26.01(7.0.4.26.0) 64bit (built Jul 13 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0ME500ILCT5QSU70@nk11p08mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:39:28 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8185,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-11-27_05:2012-11-27,2012-11-27,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1211270192 From: George Wehrung X-Original-Message-id: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Taking the time to say Thank you to Heath at Performance One Aviation X-Original-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:39:25 -0500 References: X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) --Boundary_(ID_uP06jigiMzh94/uEgGm9eQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable yeah man it does good to know there is another Lancair Owner suffering my same pain. Its = funny the UAVs these days are bigger than Lancairs. Maybe if they had = the same level of avionics as we do on our personal planes=85 On Nov 27, 2012, at 1:37 PM, vtailjeff@aol.com wrote: > Afghanistan sucks this time of year! >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: George Wehrung > To: lml > Sent: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 2:40 am > Subject: [LML] Taking the time to say Thank you to Heath at = Performance One Aviation >=20 >> All, >>=20 >> I know there was some recent discussion on which avionics shops to = use around the country. This has nothing to do in the least with = avionics, rather above and beyond help to fix our airplane. >>=20 >> My wife and I had put together this trip from San Diego to Sedona = with a drop in to see Heath (Owner of Performance One Aviation) at = Falcon Field (KFFZ). Despite the fact that it was the Thanksgiving = Holiday weekend, and Heath had other pre scheduled events, he graciously = eked out some time to meet up with us at the airfield to discuss = interior modifications/finishing for our ES. Performance One had been = highly recommended to us by Kim at Lancair and we had some ongoing = dialogue over the recent months and now needed to meet. Given a number = of factors, Black Friday worked for us and the weather was cooperating. = We decided to pull chocks and were headed East into clear skies. >>=20 >> Side note: A few months ago we lost the left leg fairing in flight = and were considering leaving the fairings and wheel pants off as I like = to be able to see the wheels, tires, and brakes during preflights. But = the loss of speed and frankly the better looks with them on finalized = the decision to reinstall them and so we hired the job out which was = completed the night before Thanksgiving. >>=20 >> During the preflight all looked well on our newly reinstalled leg = fairings and wheel pants making the plane look sleek again. After an = uneventful landing and taxi to the Performance One hangar, our = post-flight walk around revealed the left leg fairing had delaminated = along the back edge and the left wheel pant bolt was backed out leaving = it only secured by the machine screws to the internal frame. My wife's = and my heart sank as we thought we were done for the night and our = uber-expensive hotel in Sedona was money down the drain. >>=20 >> Heath showed up and instead of immediately talking about our mods he = got a bunch of tools including high-speed aluminum tape (with our = permission, realizing that the aesthetics aren't optimal, but we were = more interested in keeping all of our parts for the remainder of the = trip) and fixed us right up! He even took the time to cut down a bolt = and recut the threads to fit into the wheel perfectly. We finally = discussed options for the interior and looked at several planes under = construction in his hangar to include two Evolutions. It was an awesome = and amazing site in his hangar. All said and done it was for sure an = hour of his time with no willingness to accept payment for his services, = not to mention his being late to get back to his family! >>=20 >> After oohing and aahhing over the PT-6A engines (very familiar to me = as a Navy T-34 instructor and King Air pilot since 2003) in the = Evolutions it was time to head to Sedona. >>=20 >> Thanks to Heath, he kept the last weekend my wife and got to spend = together an awesome experience before I head overseas to a crappy = location for the next couple of months as a contract pilot. We made it = into Sedona for a night landing and to our beautiful hotel (L'Auberge, = they will pick you up at the FBO, although they don't advertise this = service) for a wonderful evening. The next day we took off to fly = around monument crater (just West of the Wilson VOR) and then back to = San Diego with a drop into Blythe (BLH, friendly manager, surprisingly = nice bathrooms, and cold ice cream). >>=20 >> If you haven't been into Performance One and are considering options = for your plane, give Heath and Tammy L'Hoste a call. >>=20 >> Thanks again Heath, for preserving our adventure! >>=20 >> Sincerely, >>=20 >> George & Kristin >>=20 >>>=20 --Boundary_(ID_uP06jigiMzh94/uEgGm9eQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable yeah = man it does

good to know there is another Lancair = Owner suffering my same pain.  Its funny the UAVs these days are = bigger than Lancairs.  Maybe if they had the same level of avionics = as we do on our personal = planes=85


On Nov 27, 2012, at = 1:37 PM, vtailjeff@aol.com = wrote:

Afghanistan sucks this time of year!


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To: lml <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 2:40 am
Subject: [LML] Taking the time to say Thank you to Heath at Performance = One Aviation

All,

I know there was some recent discussion on which avionics shops to = use around the country. This has nothing to do in the least with = avionics, rather above and beyond help to fix our airplane.

My wife and I had put together this trip from San Diego to Sedona = with a drop in to see Heath (Owner of Performance One Aviation) at = Falcon Field (KFFZ).  Despite the fact that it was the Thanksgiving = Holiday weekend, and Heath had other pre scheduled events, he graciously = eked out some time to meet up with us at the airfield to discuss = interior modifications/finishing for our ES.  Performance One had = been highly recommended to us by Kim at Lancair and we had some ongoing = dialogue over the recent months and now needed to meet.  Given a = number of factors, Black Friday worked for us and the weather was = cooperating. We decided to pull chocks and were headed East into clear = skies.

Side note:  A few months ago we lost the left leg fairing in = flight and were considering leaving the fairings and wheel pants off as = I like to be able to see the wheels, tires, and brakes during = preflights.  But the loss of speed and frankly the better looks = with them on finalized the decision to reinstall them and so we hired = the job out which was completed the night before Thanksgiving.

During the preflight all looked well on our newly reinstalled leg = fairings and wheel pants making the plane look sleek again.  After = an uneventful landing and taxi to the Performance One hangar, our = post-flight walk around revealed the left leg fairing had delaminated = along the back edge and the left wheel pant bolt was backed out leaving = it only secured by the machine screws to the internal frame.  My = wife's and my heart sank as we thought we were done for the night and = our uber-expensive hotel in Sedona was money down the drain.

Heath showed up and instead of immediately talking about our mods = he got a bunch of tools including high-speed aluminum tape (with our = permission, realizing that the aesthetics aren't optimal, but we were = more interested in keeping all of our parts for the remainder of the = trip) and fixed us right up!  He even took the time to cut down a = bolt and recut the threads to fit into the wheel perfectly.  We = finally discussed options for the interior and looked at several planes = under construction in his hangar to include two Evolutions.  It was = an awesome and amazing site in his hangar.  All said and done it = was for sure an hour of his time with no willingness to accept payment = for his services, not to mention his being late to get back to his = family!

After oohing and aahhing over the PT-6A engines (very familiar to = me as a Navy T-34 instructor and King Air pilot since 2003) in the = Evolutions it was time to head to Sedona.

Thanks to Heath, he kept the last weekend my wife and got to spend = together an awesome experience before I head overseas to a crappy = location for the next couple of months as a contract pilot.  We = made it into Sedona for a night landing and to our beautiful hotel = (L'Auberge, they will pick you up at the FBO, although they don't = advertise this service) for a wonderful evening.  The next day we = took off to fly around monument crater (just West of the Wilson VOR) and = then back to San Diego with a drop into Blythe (BLH, friendly manager, = surprisingly nice bathrooms, and cold ice cream).

If you haven't been into Performance One and are considering = options for your plane, give Heath and Tammy L'Hoste a call.

Thanks again Heath, for preserving our adventure!

Sincerely,

George & Kristin

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