At some point, Al Wick posted this link somewhere, and the Cozygirls have reposted it on the Canard listserv..

It is the story of a homebuilder who essentially (and through ignorance) committed suicide in an airplane. And it wasn't for a lack of concerned friends or vendors. I cringed repeatedly through the factual finding from the NTSB.

Poor workmanship, lack of attention to detail, inability to read/follow/understand directions/manuals and an "end justifies the means" attitude all formed a perfect storm. I give thanks that if he was inevitably doomed, he went out by himself the day before he was going to tote a planeload of family to Boston.

Read.

Learn.

Don't go there..

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20071120X01821&ntsbno=NYC08FA023&akey=1