Friends,
We are 2 months away from the next Corvair College. CC #22 will be March 9, 10 and 11, 2012, at KGTU Georgetown Municipal Airport in Austin,Texas. This College will be hosted by Kevin Purtee and Shelley Tomino.
Both Kevin and Shelley are well known and respected in the Pietenpol community. Kevin finished his Corvair powered Pietenpol in 2009, and has flown it extensively, including two trips to the Pietenpol Reunion in Brodhead, Wisc. Get a look at this video of the aircraft’s first flight:
One of the things I look for in a College host is a person with a positive outlook and can-do attitude. Kevin worked on this aircraft for 16 years before it flew. His story is an outstanding example of positive persistence. The success of your own project largely depends on 3 factors: if you can afford it, from whom you get your advice and motivation, and whether you develop the personal persistence to see it through. Corvair College#22 will be an outstanding opportunity for you to address all three in one setting.
If you have not been to one of my previous Colleges, take the time to read about any of our Colleges from this section of our Web site: http://flycorvair.com/cc21.html
College #22 will be run just like previous events where the primary focus is on the progress you will make on your own engine. After 12 years of Colleges with hundreds of builders in attendance you can find countless stories of the value of attending a college, told by builders just like you.
As you read the notes, picture yourself immersed in #22 in Austin. If you have not made the progress you planned in the past year, change your approach, sign up for this event, and take a positive step in starting this year off with a plan. Attending a College is the #1 cited milestone mentioned by people who are out flying their own Corvair powered planes today. Don’t wait to see if this year will be different: Make it different.
Corvair/601 builder Ken Pavlou, aka The Central Scrutinizer, has set up the online registration for #22. Ken has covered this on 6 of the previous 8 Colleges from his workshop in Connecticut. Here is the direct link to the registration page:
https://corvaircollege.wufoo.com/forms/corvair-college-22-registration/
We will be continuously sharing more information on the College in the coming weeks. If you have a specific question, feel free to e-mail it in or leave a comment at the bottom of this post and we will gladly cover it.
Thank you,
William Wynne