My father-in-law is a pilot and plain builder, and has been talking about putting together a VW powered plain. The strict tollerences in a flying engine make the rebuld very expensive compared to building a regular driver motor, but a quite a bit less than other engine options for small planes. Peter BlackBerry service provided by Nextel -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Chamberlain <iluvvws@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:55:53 To:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: : Meet George(volks plane) I don't know Paul- he said it like they hadn't been able to shoot it yet. I think he's from Comfort Tx They want a shot with cars and the plane I think. The guy across the street form Dennis Holbrook- Rick said there were lots of these planes in Germany but he's pretty old. -----Original Message----- From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of singlecabboy Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:32 PM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: : Meet George(volks plane) I would imagine that is the plane that 's gonna be in hot vw, they shot it last Oct?Suppose to be pretty kool --- Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey Sharon: > I have 250 hours in a Volksplane. Great flying > little airplane. Wish I > still had it, but in my old age I've decided to keep > my feet on the ground > more. Looking forward to seeing the Volksplane. If > I can dig up some old > photos I'll send you some pictures of mine. > Sammie > > > At 03:15 PM 4/13/2006, you wrote: > >Hello George- welcome to the group, what kind of > VW's do you have? It may > >have said somewhere but I forget. > >We just got an email that a guy with a Volksplane > he is flying in to the > >Texas Classic, he sent pics, > >email me if anyone wants to see them. > iluvvws@xxxxxxxxxxx > >we need a new category don't we? I never knew they > could fly. > >So Hot VW's is hiring a photographer to cover the > show now. > > > > > >---------- > >Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >George Hixon is lurking here. He is a member of the > Volksmiesters here in > >Arkansas. He is a long time pricipal with the > Eureka Springs Show. He was > >a VW dealer mechanic for many years knows a whole > bunch of stuff. He > >prefers stock but as far as I can tell so far is > not a maniac about it. He > >will fit right in with the knowhow crowd here. > > > >So, say hello, George and maybe he will come out > and talk to us. > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul Smith www.23window.com/thezone Praise The Lowered T.C.B. H.B.B.