---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 12/06/07: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:03 AM - Matronics List Fund Raiser - 2007 List of Contributors (Matt Dralle) 2. 11:45 AM - Re:Things are Popping at Green Landings (Charles Dewey) 3. 04:58 PM - Re: Re:Things are Popping at Green Landings (N1BZRich@aol.com) 4. 05:13 PM - Lightning // Green Landings // BRS // Safety (Charles Dewey) 5. 06:14 PM - Re: Re:Things are Popping at Green Landings (Jim Langley) 6. 06:39 PM - Charles pics up on site (Jim Langley) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:03:34 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Lightning-List: Matronics List Fund Raiser - 2007 List of Contributors Dear Listers, I would like to thank everyone that made a Contribution in support of the Lists this year! It was really nice to hear all great comments people had regarding the Lists! As I have said many times before, running these Lists is a labor of love. Your generosity during the List Fund Raiser underscores the great sentiments people have made regarding the Lists. If you haven't yet made a Contribution in support of this year's Fund Raiser please feel free to do so. The great List Fund Raiser gifts will be available on the Contribution site for just a little while longer, so hurry and make your Contribution and get your great gift! Once again, the URL for the Contribution web site is: http://www.matronics.com/contribution I would like to thank Andy Gold of the Builder's Bookstore ( http://www.buildersbooks.com ), Jon Croke of Homebuilt HELP ( http://www.homebuilthelp.com ) and Bob Nuckolls of AeroElectric ( http://www.aeroelectric.com ) for their extremely generous support during this year's Fund Raiser through the contribution of discounted merchandise. These are great guys that support the aviation industry and I encourage each and every Lister to have a look at their products. Thank you Andy, Jon and Bob!! Your support is very much appreciated! And finally, below you will find a web link to the 2007 List of Contributors current as of 12/6/07! Have a look at this list of names as these are the people that make all of these List services possible! I can't thank each of you enough for your support and great feedback during this year's Fund Raiser! THANK YOU! http://www.matronics.com/loc/2007.html I will be shipping out all of the gifts in the next few weeks and hope to have everything out by the end of the month. In most cases, gifts will be shipped via US Postal Service. Once again, thank you for making this year's List Fund Raiser successful! Best regards, Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Administrator ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:45:18 AM PST US From: Charles Dewey Subject: Lightning-List: Re:Things are Popping at Green Landings Big things have been happening up at Green Landings Flight Center. Ryan doesn't do too much bragging on the Lightning List. If I were him I would post the photos of the first flight etc. to show everyone GL is a great place to build a Lightning. On November 30, my Lightning N3134S with BRS parachute 3150 made it's first flight. Ryan said it handled superbly in the air, with no problems on the first flight other than the instruments which will need to be adjusted, which is commmon. Charles --- Tex Mantell wrote: > Nick, can you give me some approximant measurements > for the location of the step? Tex Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:58:15 PM PST US From: N1BZRich@aol.com Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Re:Things are Popping at Green Landings Congratulations, Charles, to you and to Ryan. Send us some photos when you get the chance and tell Ryan to keep up the good work. Blue Skies, Buz **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:13:28 PM PST US From: Charles Dewey Subject: Lightning-List: Lightning // Green Landings // BRS // Safety Walt- Ryan at Green Landings would be better at answering your questions than me. His website with contact info is greenlandings.com. The plane has less than 1 hour on it, so we haven't tested it with 2 people and luggage, etc. We won't know until the firat 40 hours are flown off b/c you can't take any passengers during the testing phase. My understanding is that it will reduce my luggage capacity by 35 lbs or so, but I could care less about that. Everything I take with me will have to be simple and foldable (folding bike) I would rather have the added safety measure of an airframe parachute. Brent, a rep at BRS Parachutes Inc. and at all the air shows for brs, personally inspected the molds as they were manufactured and he said that no doubt, the Lightning was made incredibly well, just as good as a Cirrus in terms of the whole airframe straps, etc. I hope you don't make one with a parachute, so mine will be one of the only ones with a chute and therefore more valuable- hardy har har=) My guess about the 2 chutes thing you are talking about is that sounds like it is something too complicated and wouldn't make much sense- but hey go for it! There is nothing wrong with the one chute system but if you got a better way- can't wait to see it! As for the chute on your back- you better be at high altitude b4 you jump- brs chutes have worked as low as 100' off the ground. You have no control over when or where (altitude) an accident may happen. Having the chute pretty much guarantees you any hot chick will go up with you b/c they feel more safe. Taking hot chicks up in the air can lead to other good things. PS- even though you are in the west, i recommend ryan at GL to help you build your Lightning- he's done a lot of lightnings and is getting really good at them, and has former nasa and northrop grumman scientists on his staff. I believe he is on lightning # 6- though you wouldn't know it since he doesn't brag about it. i have not been paid to make these remarks and do not work for gl- i am just a customer. i was not asked to make these remarks. Charles --- N1BZRich@aol.com wrote: > Congratulations, Charles, to you and to Ryan. Send > us some photos when you > get the chance and tell Ryan to keep up the good > work. > Blue Skies, > Buz > > > > **************************************Check out > AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:14:15 PM PST US From: "Jim Langley" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Re:Things are Popping at Green Landings Here are a pic of Charles's Lightning and the man himself. (Hope you don't mind Charles) Jim! _____ From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of N1BZRich@aol.com Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Re:Things are Popping at Green Landings Congratulations, Charles, to you and to Ryan. Send us some photos when you get the chance and tell Ryan to keep up the good work. Blue Skies, Buz ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:39:29 PM PST US From: "Jim Langley" Subject: Lightning-List: Charles pics up on site Charles; I just put your pics up on www.jimslightning.com Jim! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message lightning-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Lightning-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/lightning-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/lightning-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.