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Cozy Mark IV Builders Log online and miscellaneous thoughts. Purpose: Slowly over the next several years, this web site will develop into a construction log documenting the Cozy Mark IV aircraft project I am working on. A detailed construction log is required in order to get a home built aircraft certified and I have chosen, as many other builders have, to make my builders log in the form of a web site. What is a Cozy Mark IV? More specifically, the Cozy Mark IV is single-engine, four-seat, real airplane that you and your friends can get in and fly. It is made out of composite materials and is capable of easily flying over 1,000 miles nonstop at cruise speeds. It is a fast airplane that cruises around 175 miles per hour (faster at the sacrifice of fuel economy). If I finish after many years of weekends, I will join a fraternity of hundreds of others who have built their craft from their copy of the same written plans. Yes, plans- there is no kit available for this. This is a project that is started by purchasing a book of plans and drawings. Education and business: I earned a degree in engineering, spent several years working as an engineer in the area of patents and intellectual property. Then, for the better part of a decade, I acted as the territory manager and FAE (field applications engineer) for a UK-based mid-sized analog semiconductor company. After many years leading sales in the semiconductor industry, I lauched two corporations: a technology startup and a manufacturers rep and consulting firm which handled sales of our products and the products of other manufactuers. Other hobbies and interests: In addition to aviation and airplane building, I am an avid photographer and also do some stock photography for listing with an agency. In the past, both electronics design and amateur radio (I hold a general class license) were strong interests. These days, however, it is very rare that I exercise my amateur radio license.
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