[Bob Kuczewski]

Hey Chris,
Phoenix Predator Pilot (PPP)! You give me hope; Thank You! Hope your move goes well; family is important.

I wince at some of your expressions that deal with getting to where you were; my wince regards my belief that you are already better than what you were. Your perseverance may well be at a higher level than what was. That is, now is where you are. I hold that the past is gone; we have the gift of now where we blossom hopefully ever into better selves with new learnings, new relationships, new powers .... No flight is the same as some past flight; each flight is new and unique in itself. Any flight that will be for you will be absolutely in that moment itself with all of its present realities.

Best,
Joe

Extremely well written Joe.   

[Chris McKeon]

So I will indeed have some Help from My Friends. For a few of My Pilot Friends Will be coming over this Morning to Help Me Load My 1971 Plymouth Satellite onto a Car Trailer along with Parts such as a few pairs of stock Cylinder Heads. a couple of Cylinder Blocks and other parts that will go along with the Satellite, and or with My 1971 Plymouth road-runner. My Friend Denise Moody, is going to let Me store the Cars at Her place over in concord Californias.

Anyways this is very cool. For I will have To vacate this place By the 15th. so I was worried that I might have been forced to get rid of My car. It is just so cool yhat Denise will let Me Store My Cars over at Denis's and Her Husband Phil's House. Thank You Denise and Phil!

[Chris McKeon]

I have in the Past Posted on a Subject on a Subject that was deemed not appropriate . But being that this; By the way, what is this here called? Isa it a Subject Coolum, I mean what is this here called?? I simply know that Pilot needs Help is a I call it a Subject column was created By Yours Truly. I hope that Bob or someone else will ster Me straight.

Ok so here I go; I will Be Moving up to the Redwoods to live at My Mothers House. I believe by the fifteenth of this Month. I have already set the; "Wheels in Motion" So that John will be coming up in the Spring. I will Fly John's North Wing T-Two. Then after I have deemed Myself to be of a Pilot Who should Fly the Hottest, Baddest, Flying Glidr that there is,. After John has performed an IRAN on My Predator 158. I will once again Fly My Beloved Predator. My first Flights will be flown either of a training Hill, or possibly at the Coast. Either way, I fully intend on Flying My Predator. I am a realist, I do fully realize that as much as I have tried to sstop Myself from aging. Currently I am Sixty One Years old. Also I know that Technology marches on. So unlike when I flew with My Friends before My last Flight, that Flight was on March Twenty Eight Two Thousand Ten. Yea Maybe It will Be Me riding in our retrieval rig Having been Picked up along with My Predator. Where we will drive on further to where a Toples Glider had landed. This might possibly be the case versus what used to be the Case, Back when I was Flying. I would be Standing by the side of a Road along with My Bagged Predator. When I looked to see the My Driver Pulling up with Topless Gliders loaded on His or Her Rig. But as The Doctors who were asked to when, or Weather or not I would recover? The Doctor told My Sister: Time will tell.

[Chris McKeon]

Joe and others:

Well Joe Your are not the First one who has said to Me that You believe that You are better than I am. But Most of You Guys have never seen Me Before when I P pouned, or after I pounded. Well i must say that this has been one Heck of an experience. It took Me Twenty years to do that Pound. I hope that the next Time that I pound, that is if I ever Pound, will be at least Forty years from now. My pounding with the severity that I Pounded, was hard on Parts, My parts. I talk with My Pilot Friends. I hear things like; Your pound was a Call to arms Chris. For if you crashed the way that You did, then that means all of us are at jeopardy. Or like this one; Me: I dream of being a hundred Percent all the time". John: "Your One Hundred, is a very large number" But this experience has really opened My Eyes to the Fact that Igiven the wrong circumstances I might very well Meet My End.

But anyways I will continue to improve. I hope that when I am Flying again. I do believe that I will Fly again by the way. I hope to be a better Person. If I acomplish to become a Better Person. I believe that I will be a better Pilot.

[Bob Kuczewski]

Well Joe Your are not the First one who has said to Me that You believe that You are better than I am.

I don't think that's what Joe said. Joe's message was full of kindness and insight (and worth quoting again):

Hey Chris,
Phoenix Predator Pilot (PPP)! You give me hope; Thank You! Hope your move goes well; family is important.

I wince at some of your expressions that deal with getting to where you were; my wince regards my belief that you are already better than what you were. Your perseverance may well be at a higher level than what was. That is, now is where you are. I hold that the past is gone; we have the gift of now where we blossom hopefully ever into better selves with new learnings, new relationships, new powers .... No flight is the same as some past flight; each flight is new and unique in itself. Any flight that will be for you will be absolutely in that moment itself with all of its present realities.

Best,
Joe

I agree with Joe 100%. Indeed, I think you are becoming a better you than you ever were before. Sometimes it takes an unbuilding to do a proper rebuilding.

But anyways I will continue to improve. I hope that when I am Flying again. I do believe that I will Fly again by the way. I hope to be a better Person. If I acomplish to become a Better Person. I believe that I will be a better Pilot.

That's exactly the best approach to flying ... and life. It's an honor to have you posting to our site, Chris.

        

[Chris McKeon]

I have had Pilot Friends say things to me such as; "Your One Hundred is a very large number". This was regarding how i so dreamed of the Day that I was One hundred Percent recovered. Or Hearing a Fellow Pilot say to Me; "Chris, when You Pounded, We were all in disbelief. For You were so good at landing. You always Stuck Your Landings" Or" Your Pounding ewas a call to arms, to Us. Fotr if You Pounded, that means that any of us could Pound. These comments were very Poignant thought ul statements from Pilots I respect.

But when it came to My True ability at Landing I was very good Yes. But I was not infallible. There is a Video clip of Me skidding to a stop when I was "Late to the Dance so to Speak" Yes I initiated My Flair late that Day. Yes I did a Bone-Head landing that Day. But no I did not Flair. I believe that Slaming one's leading edge into the ground is a Sin. In The Bible, the book of McKeon ays: "Thou shalt not Whack" I told John one Day that I was worried that Due to My having sheered Brain axons, that I will forget How to Whack. I always enjoyed How John had so Much Confidence in My ability to Fly. Burt I do Hope that He will be proved wrong when it comes to weather or not I will still be able to Whack a Glider,

All in Allm I am quite happy with My ongoing Recovery. By this Spring I believe that one again I wil enjoy Free-Flight. Yea BABY!

[Chris McKeon]

OK; Don't Mind Me, For I am simply just what I CALL: "Babble Typing". So, I am just Com platting what I will do some of what I call return Text of My Aviation aspirations. You know I will be babbling.

I am really thinking about Seriously finally getting Myself down to Dockweiler this May. For I believe there is a Condor for Me to Fly, and I intend on Whacking that Huge Circus tent Sized SS Glider. Three Hundred and Thirty Sqaure Feet of Glider. I can say that Great big SS Glider, coupled with My weighing just a Tad under 200 Pounds. Well, I can say Low Wing-Loading Happiness, Can You? Low Wing loading that will be a new experience for Me. Check these numbers out; On My last Flite March 28th, 2010, I weighed 298 Lbs. yes weighing just short of Three hundred Pounds flying My 158 Predator. This much weight put Me up into the High Wing Loading range. Come to think about it. I do not think when I have ever flown a HG where My Wing loading was Low.

Anyways, I am just so looking forward to leaving this as John said: "This Gravity Secured Penitentiary that We all reside in. I fully understand and acknowledge that If and When I Fly. I May not get High, nor will I go Far. But Mentally I have no Doubt that I will Be on Cloud Nine or maybe I will be on Cloud Ten!