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Dear Listers,
A quick reminder that November is the annual List Fund Raiser. The Matronics Lists
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Matt Dralle
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At 07:46 AM 11/21/2019, you wrote:
>
>Dear Listers,
>
>A quick reminder that November is the annual List Fund Raiser. The
>Matronics Lists are 100% member supported and all of the operational
>costs are provided for my your Contributions during this time of the year.
>
>Your personal Contribution makes a big difference and keeps all of
>the Matronics Email Lists and Forums completely ad-free.
>
>Please make your Contribution today to keep these services up and running!
Dr. Dee and I were pleased to attend
banquet in OSH earlier this month where
I was inducted into Hall of Fame homebuilt
division.
While mulling over options for comments
during my time at the microphone it occurred
to me even if one could possess all the knowledge
of universe, it is of little value until
the knowledge-nuggets are exploited as practical
ingredients that go into recipes for success.
An critical component of the pathway from
physics, properties of materials and ideas into
useful products are, for lack of a better term,
'enablers'.
These are the institutions that receive,
archive and disseminate the practical
manifestations of the art and science of
the experience. They build nothing, they
do not originate new ideas or their applications.
But they do perform an invaluable service in
making those ideas available to those who
turn them into practical realities.
I'm speaking of institutions like Sport Aviation,
Kit Planes, Contact, EAA, etc, etc. They don't
turn wrenches or buck rivets . . . but without
them, the practical tasks would be more difficult,
less elegant and probably riskier. How might
GA have evolved had the Wright brothers been
'enabled' with a complete set of fabrication
and assembly planes for say, a Quicksilver MX
ultra-light? Even if unable to precisely duplicate
modern materials and processes, how might the
ideas and examples of that knowledge have accelerated
their successes?
I suggest we are all beneficiaries of
possibly the most powerful of enablers in
OBAM aviation: The Matronics Lists.
That room full of byte thrashers connected
to the 'net doesn't buck rivets or bend
sheet metal. Yet it offers nearly instant,
world-wide access to the archives that
hold thousands of recipes for success
for the science and art of building OBAM aircraft.
Recipes that are discussed and refined
in near real time.
This is a feature that print journals
cannot begin to match.
We would serve ourselves well by helping to
keep that pile of silicon chips in Matt's
closet alive, happy and well connected. Without
it options for myself and many others to
share of our resources would be severely
limited. Matronics Lists: the ultimate enabler.
Take a few minutes to contemplate your
personal experience with the List and
consider the potential for time and money
saved along with risks averted because
of how the List served your goals.
Compare your experiences here with the
few hours of pleasure for having taken
the family out for a movie and popcorn.
I'll suggest the value received from
the Matronics Lists is at least comparable
to an evening with Spiderman.
Bob . . .
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