Return-Path: Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 520464 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 06 Nov 2004 10:00:50 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.66; envelope-from=ceengland@bellsouth.net Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([209.215.61.95]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20041106150018.YMIJ2398.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[127.0.0.1]> for ; Sat, 6 Nov 2004 10:00:18 -0500 Message-ID: <418CE701.5040304@bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 09:00:17 -0600 From: Charlie England User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: rotary roundup, Missed you : Ed, Rusty, John, and others References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I, too, would really miss the trip to Tracy's (actually Laura's). There's a standing offer to Tracy & Laura to host a spring/early summer=20 rotary get-together here in Mississippi if there is consensus that it=20 would work. We have 4800 ft of smooth grass here at Slobovia Outernational &=20 Velocity class canards (anything with 5.00-5 tires & reasonable=20 nosewheel) can land here with no problem. For those that absolutely=20 can't handle grass, there's a 5300 ft municipal strip (HKS) 10 miles=20 away. Closest motels are about a 20 minute drive into town, but those=20 willing to tent camp or do the bedroll-on-the-floor thing can stay here=20 'on campus.' Obviously, success would also depend on those that are flying being able = to come & share their experience. What do ya'll think? Can the rotary world support 2 events a year? Charlie Slobovia Outernational (MS71) Jackson MS Finn Lassen wrote: > No reason why we couldn't fly over to Cross Cirty (~10 mins flight)=20 > throughout the fly-in to have a look at them. > I've never understood the lack of flying once you arrive at such an=20 > event. Don't they drive their cars during a car-meet? > > Also, no reason not to have several regular "rotary round-ups". We=20 > already have Charlie England sort of doing that in MS. If someone else = > wants to arrange and/or host something at Lakekand, go ahead. Actually = > there now is a yearly RV flying at Lakeland in January. No reason not=20 > to combine that with a "rotary round-up". > > As long as Laura is willing to do it at Shady Bend (it's a LOT of work = > for her), I would sorely miss that. > Point already made: Tracy's hangar. > > Finn > > paul wrote: > >> Valid point. One other consideration is that if the rotary powered=20 >> canard builders are shuttled in, others don't get to see their=20 >> engine/installations unless everyone is shuttled back and forth to=20 >> the paved strip every time another canard arrives. Paul Conner 13b=20 >> canard. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: DaveLeonard >> To: Rotary motors in aircraft = >> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:36 PM >> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: rotary roundup, Missed you : Ed, Rusty, >> John, and others >> >> I bet there would be plenty of volunteers to shuttle people from >> the hard surface runways to shady bend. That is until the event >> is too big to hold at shady bend... which is several years away...= >> Dave Leonard >> >> Some thoughts of mine for next year's roundup. We should >> consider finding a location that can handle the canards >> since they do not like grass runways. Location would have >> to provide a building we could use to feed and hold our >> "hangar talks in". The building could be an EAA club >> house or an empty hangar. The flyin should be dedicated >> to only interested "rotor heads". >> >> >> Hi Bernie, >> >> I absolutely agree with the above. The only additional >> caveat would be that it be close enough to Tracy and >> Laura to make sure they don't miss it. At some point, the >> fly-in has to leave Shady Bend, though it won't be quite >> the same. Lot's of people come to these things with lots >> of interest, and no first hand knowledge of rotary >> engines. Tracy's hanger is sort of a treasure chest of >> goodies, where people can actually fondle engine parts. >> As much as I pick on the backwards plastic plane types, >> they are a growing segment of our population, and we >> should try to accommodate them. Maybe NASA will let us >> use on of their shuttle runways :-) >> >> Cheers, >> Rusty >> >> >> >> Lakeland is looking for events to be held at their airport. >> They also have all the facilities. Another thing, we could >> have a =93parts swap=94 during the event? >> Bulent >>