Originally Posted by
Bill Diedrich
Well gang I have a few announcements to make inn this post...........
First of please welcome a new member to our flock of 310 lovers: "shotgunblast", Bryan Miller from Dallas, Tx. Member # 78
Secondly it is with sadness I have to inform you all that Greg from G & L Hobbies is no longer producing glass parts for the 310
or anything else he had on his web site and the business is up for sale as a whole entity..........
Thirdly, I have to inform all of you that I will no longer be monitoring this thread but I will leave it open for anyone wanting to post
pictures of their builds and for anyone wanting to communicate with anyone still actively building and flying the Bud Nosen Cessna 310.
The reason being I am currently going through some severe health problems, not Covid related, but last month I had to have 2 surgeries,
one to remove a cancerous cyst from my vocal cords which was discovered after I list my voice in January of 2021, on that front I won't
have to have Chemo or radiation. The second operation was biopsy on my right lung which determined I have a condition known as
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia, basically it is a hardening of the lung walls and there is no cure for it, I will have to be on oxygen and
an inhaler for the rest of my life, however long that will be. So my modeling activities are at a standstill and I will probably never be
able to fly model aircraft again or build any for that matter as fumes from super glue and other chemicals we use will only make life
miserable for me.
Bill D.
Well gang haven't been around in quite a while, hope all of you are still enjoying all parts of your hobby especially those still flying and building Bud Nosen Cessna 310's.
I am still alive as of this writing but I'm very restricted as to what I can and can't do, I am totally dependent on Oxygen 24-7. Back in December my Doctor told me I had
only 4 months to live at the most. Well I'm still here but can't do much of anything, get tired very quickly and I'm on 5 liters of oxygen a minute. Don't know how much more
time I have left on this earth, but I strive to do as much as I can every day, as my wife is also an invalid and is at present totally wheelchair bound. Thanks for all of your prayers
in the past keep them coming I appreciate it very much. Will check in here from time to time to see what is happening in the world of modelling.
Yours very truly,
Bill Diedrich