David,
Here is a letter I sent to a nice fella who asked me some questions. One more thing, please separate myself from Lewis.
People get us mixed up with this conspiracy issue. His problems in the past have nothing to do with me, at the moment. I asked Lewis to spot for me, that was all. I keep getting the same questions and giving the same answers. The only difference is that those who wish not to accept my answers keep nudging my experience.
I have learned one thing, it is amazing how some individuals change comments around....

"If you knew you had a failsafe condition why did you not shut down your engine? "

What would shutting down the engine do except possibly
let me not make it back to the runway? This was my decision as the pilot. The engine was shut down while on the ground.

Previous email:
Hello,

Thanks for your email. I will try and answer your questions as best that I can. Regarding the Talon, That is a sweet machine. I agree, I to think it is a little heavy. I told that to Bruce when he sent me a kit. They are checking into that now. As far as the flight, The first problem occurred shortly after takeoff near the center of the field. it was flying straight and level. All of a sudden it turned upside down. I had zero control for approx. 3-4 seconds. Mind you this was in a left to right pattern. After that time, I regained control. This seemed to be 100% control. At that time I dropped the gear and flaps and made a circle to slow the aircraft down. I still had perfect control. during my right hand base to final, the plane was aligned up with the runway. Then again I had zero control, nothing. I had plenty of time (approx. another 3-4 seconds) to move the sticks all over showing Lewis Patton that I had lock out again. It simply went into fail safe. I knew I had a MAJOR problem and told Lewis I was not sure if it was coming back...
One thing, The Talon is going to be a show stopper.
You will be amazed how it flies. Especially the slow flight....
Keep your eyes peeled!… IM going to show all the non believers!... lol
I had a similar problem at a field flying my plane.
I was making a pass, then the plane turned left and locked out. Afterwords, we found a person with a collapsed antenna who admitted he had turned on. It was the same feeling.
I have been flying for 23 years. That does not make me perfect at all. I am human and make errors. Hell, I strained my fathers FW-190 through a tree! Due to depth perception gone bad. But this was not my dumb thumbs. The radio used in the F-15 was my personal radio I had Fed Exed up from FL Friday night after the crash. It was a totally different radio and crystal. When I took off the F-15, I had the same problem in the same exact area, except I never recovered from the lock out. I also had checked other pilots on that channel. There were NO problems at all. So, I wish It was easy to say I screwed up. It would make my life easier. I could put this to bed. Not knowing, sucks.
If you have any other questions, feel free to email me any time.
Thanks again.

Regards,
Dino Di Giorgio Jr