Retired construction worker, machinist/CNC programmer, draftsman and mechanical engineer. Lifelong interest in flight since watching ravens, hawks and humming birds while working in the fields as a child. Father and brother both licensed pilots. Helped build one Experimental and have a very small amount of stick and rudder time - couldn't pass the medical.

Would like to extend my knowledge and experience with fluid-thermal electric power generation machinery to better understand aerodynamics and answer some old questions. Most interested in Low, Slow, STOL and Vertical flight. Currently reading Anderson, Gessow/Meyers, Bramwell and online information.

Thanks for a great forum.