Welcome aboard..... (part 4)

This is a continuation of part 3 (below)

I'll never forget getting the phone call I did on the morning of Sept 3rd, 2015.

My Dad called with the sad news that my mentor Capt. Barry Morris had passed away.

(click here to read the memorial page)

I was dumbstruck and left feeling completely empty.  I had just seen him the same weekend of UPAC at his new home with his wife Linda.  He looked great and we talked for close to 45 minutes about aviation, his retirement plans to finally write his memoirs.  We talked about my plans to get airborne soon (although honestly, this was something I talked about all the time with him and yet never did get flying).

But Barry's passing did do something infinitely positive for me too.

It solidified that I've been wasting precious time.  Time that I'll never get back.

There is an experimental engine builder in Florida by the name William Wynne.  He specializes in Corvair automobile engine conversions for experimental and ultralight aircraft.

I was reading his blog on flycorvair.net as part of my research towards a build plan (his conversion plans are an amazing read).  Ironically enough, one of his blog posts from November 2014 came across my screen that very same evening I found out about Barry.  It talks about Time being the enemy.  It really struck home with me.  Give it a read here.

From this point onward, I refuse to be just a spectator in the arena of aviation.  I paid dearly for my licence both financially and otherwise.   I can get back in the air - I have the knowledge and the desire to learn skills I don't have yet.

This blog will be my journal.  I hope to capture my process, successes and failures (that's how we all learn)..... an adventure in learning - long overdue.

Clear skies.....You are cleared direct my friend. Rest in Peace