From Nats Cozy Newsletters
and the Unofficial Cozy Builders Web Site
Cozy Flyer's Reports 2005
Newsletter# 90 / July 2005
Stefan Siegel writes: 6/28/05
I am the guy whom you helped out of a real bind about two
weeks ago – we are just back from our trip to Tampico, Acapulco,
Ixtapa and back via San Antonio to Pueblo, CO, where we live. It
was a great trip, and N42CZ performed great with what used to be
your spare prop. I could not detect any change in climb or cruise
compared to the original prop, and the Cozy MK IV designed by
you performed great from VFR at sea level all the way to solid
IFR conditions cruising in the monsoon rain showers at 14k ft.
over Mexico City. What a well designed airplane!! I greatly
admire all the improvements you added to the original Long EZ.
When I upgraded from the Long EZ I used to own (before kids) to
the Cozy, I thought I would trade in some of the fun flying
qualities for two more seats. Turns out, this was far from the truth.
The Cozy is even more fun to fly than the Long EZ. My kudos to
a great design. You can be rightly proud of it!!
I also admire how long you patiently put up with nontechnical
people asking (often) incompetent questions on the “unofficial”
Cozy list. I would not have had the patience to sustain it that long.
I love technical discussions, being an aerospace engineer working
on basic research, but it is only fun with competent people.
Thanks again for helping us out when we were grounded with
a busted propeller in San Antonio, your quick dash to FedEx
really made all the difference. I hope you got the check we sent to
you, and we would really like to say thanks to you beyond the
money, by sending you a case of our favorite beer – do you drink
beer? Let me know. (Editor, yes!).
Stefan Siegel, Ph.D
Pueblo, CO