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#4610632 - 10/07/22 08:41 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Hope the whole stuff works out as easy as possible, Dart. You're indeed an example of a high-spirited guy with drive, dreams and positive attitude. Thanks for sharing.

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#4610688 - 10/08/22 03:54 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Thanks for the kind words!

To be honest, I don't know how anyone could be downhearted about something like this. Imagine 50 years ago a doctor walking up to a person and saying "Hey, you're going to become a cripple in the next five or ten years because your neck bones are shifting all around." And that would be it. You'd be resigned to your fate.

Well, it's not 50 years ago. A lot of poor #%&*$# didn't have high resolution scanning and either wound up as functional invalids, or were part of the learning curve on how to do neck surgery next to the spinal column without making it worse since then. I'm reaping the rewards of technology and medical research.

I'll trade six months of total suck for thirty years of being able to walk around unassisted every single time.

Oh, and one of my questions was "after recovery, will I be able to drive?" which got me a goofy look. "Of course." So I'm good to go as a Sport Pilot.


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#4610709 - 10/08/22 09:57 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Originally Posted by Dart
Oh, and one of my questions was "after recovery, will I be able to drive?" which got me a goofy look. "Of course." So I'm good to go as a Sport Pilot.


You should ask if you'll be able to play the [insert name of musical instrument you CAN'T now play].

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#4610762 - 10/09/22 10:23 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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How's your employer handling this? Hope your beautiful gig at that aircraft factory isn't under question...

Edit - of course not at all my business if you don't want to share smile Just curious because I'd like to understand the situation how such things are handled in US work law.

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#4610787 - 10/10/22 06:48 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: RSColonel_131st]  
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Oh, no problems with work; it's like being part of a family. I'm on "unpaid medical leave" and not fired. It'll most likely be May of next year before I can start work; so they locked up my toolbox and rolled it out of the way, waiting for me to come back.

I'm not sure if they'll formally drop me from the rolls to save on worker's comp or something, or keep me on the rolls for tax purposes. It doesn't matter, as the door is wide open for me to come back.

It's pretty neat when your boss calls you and asks if everything is okay and if you need anything. They want me to come by for lunch this next week just to see me.


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#4610915 - 10/11/22 08:54 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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It's great to hear that companies like that still exist, thanks for the explanation. smile

#4610946 - 10/12/22 08:46 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Employees don't get paid sick leave in the US still?
My wife, with a serious heart condition exacerbated by delays for surgery due to Covid restrictions received 3 months full pay from her employer and then six month Statutory Sick Pay from the UK Government.
But employment legislation has it's advantages and disadvantages. I suffered greatly financially as a small business employer supporting maternity leave and a member of staff with long-term medical leave. Not only having to pay salary, but also being unable to fill their vacant positions until they confirmed their intention not to return to work some months later.

But I digress. I wish Dart well in his endeavours, and may he soon 'Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth' but in a good returning way I hasten to add! May the force of the Llama Thrusts be with you sirrah!



#4611585 - 10/20/22 04:50 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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The company is way too small for that. We have six of us on the payroll, including the owner; there's Workman's Compensation if one is hurt at work, but that's it. No company health insurance, no dental, no sick leave. I suppose I could apply for temporary disability with the government, but it's going to be short in duration and probably approved about the time I'm healed; the fact that I get an Army retirement check means they'd most likely dock that check in favor of the other. smile


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#4612356 - 10/30/22 02:36 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Quick update - surgery went well and I'm home after two days in the hospital. Nice pain medications to help out, along with this "bug zapper" neck collar I have to wear four hours a day. It send out electro-magnetic waves that stimulate bone healing, and according to the research, increases it by a third. A third.

The scar is going to be epic, as it starts about level with my ear holes at the center of the back of my neck and goes down to between the shoulder blades. Loads and loads of metal staples holding everything together.

That the hard neck brace is a PITA is an understatement, but it is what it is. In a couple of weeks I can start taking short breaks from it. Right now it comes off only for a quick shower, a shave, and changing out the dressing on it.

Doc says eight months and I'll be 100%. Cool. I won't lose any motion turning my head left or right, but will lose some looking up and down. Putting my chin to my chest will be impossible, but oh well - how often do I do that?


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#4612383 - 10/30/22 05:29 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Originally Posted by Dart
Putting my chin to my chest will be impossible, but oh well - how often do I do that?


Well, isn't that the standard position one assumes for an aircraft crash? So yeah, try to avoid that :P

Happy to hear it went so sell. Have a good recovery!

#4612385 - 10/30/22 05:39 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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That's great news Dart!

The accelerated bone healing is interesting. Behave yourself and have a timely recovery!

#4612529 - 10/31/22 11:37 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Great news Dart.

I sometimes still think about all the fun we all had on the Arma island (original). Great times man.

Glad you are doing well. Good here. Rumor has it I am about to graduate from college in a month or so after 45 years of trying. Working my butt off to graduate, 30 plus hours on my computer(s) at least per week.


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#4612743 - 11/03/22 03:31 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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I may not be out of the woods yet. I still have some numbness and tingling in my fingers, so it looks like another trip to the Doc to talk about it.

Hey, graduating! That's a really big deal, and one well earned!


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#4612830 - 11/04/22 02:00 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Turns out I'm just paranoid. A lot of the pre-operative symptoms retujrned - numbness in my hands, etc., and the Dr. called to explain that it's normal. Everything has been so compressed for years that there's swelling and even some movement of nerves and blood vessels in the tunnels he enlarged; uncommon but not unusual.

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#4612833 - 11/04/22 02:03 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Good news!


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#4612922 - 11/05/22 08:25 PM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: CyBerkut]  
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Awesome news there, Dart!

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#4613458 - 11/12/22 10:13 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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Awesome link! And it fit perfectly for what I came to post about.

I've been thinking a lot about the aircraft lately, and this of course translated into having dreams about it, which I always take seriously. A lot of times I'll chew on a problem and then have a dream about it that either holds clues to the solution or provides them outright. The panel layout that adjusted for the mounted radio was a wake-up-and-draw-it-out moment.

One of the questions was about that 87 Fox I had on my plane in Rise of Flight as well as what color to use on the edges. I had done them in blue, but there's a lot of evidence they were dark gray or brown.

Well, the last couple of nights I've approached the aircraft, and last night I made sure I paid attention to the details - the Fox's position and going with brown trim looked pretty good, so that's what I'll go with.

Oddly enough, she flew even better than before, which I'll credit to the fact that this time the fuselage doesn't have a twist in it, but that it was a dream, so naturally it would; it's rare I dream of a problem (but when I do, chances are I'm tearing whatever part of the aircraft that acted up to inspect it. The last time I had a bad dream about the airplane it was about the fuel system and I ignored it. Yeah, I had it a couple weeks before a fuel fitting failed and I wrecked her).

I'm kind of uncertain as to whether or not the improved tail wheel mount design is going to work; my dream landings were all okay, but nothing special. I need to dream land her a little hot and bring the wheel down to see if she'll have the same problem as the last one. darts-pony


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#4613573 - 11/13/22 10:00 AM Re: 7/8 scale Nieuport 11. [Re: Dart]  
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May your dreams come true Dart. You deserve it!



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