X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.1) with ESMTP id 2850727 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:22:56 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.120; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from edward2 ([75.191.186.236]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with SMTP id <20080416182216.OLGX1070.cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com@edward2> for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:22:16 +0000 Message-ID: <000c01c89fee$852338d0$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Small World Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:20:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01C89FCC.FDDF8C50" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C89FCC.FDDF8C50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Early one morning at Sun & Fun, I was having a cup of coffee sitting at = table listening to several gents discussing restoring antique aircraft. = The group broke up and one noticing my "I Love Flying My Mazda Rotary" = button on my hat, came over and struck up a conversation. I recall his = first name was "Steve". He told me about a guy he had talked with who had a rotary flying in an = RV-3. I first thought of Finn Lassen, then he went on about the guy who = lived in the Florida Pan Handle wanting to sell his RV-3, but was going = to take the rotary engine out first. Then the guy stated that the = fellow had sold the RV-3 with Mazda engine to someone in Tennessee. Ah = ha! I said, "Rusty Duffy?" - That's him! Steve exclaimed! Small world {:>) Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com http://www.andersonee.com http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C89FCC.FDDF8C50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Early one morning at Sun & Fun, I = was having=20 a cup of coffee sitting at table listening to several gents discussing = restoring=20 antique aircraft.  The group broke up and one noticing my "I Love = Flying My=20 Mazda Rotary" button on my hat, came over and struck up a = conversation.  I=20 recall his first name was "Steve".
 
He told me about a guy he had talked = with who had=20 a rotary flying in an RV-3.  I first thought of Finn Lassen, then = he went=20 on about the guy who lived in the Florida Pan Handle wanting to = sell his=20 RV-3, but was going to take the rotary engine out first.  Then the=20 guy   stated that the fellow had sold the RV-3 with Mazda = engine to someone in Tennessee.  Ah ha! I said, "Rusty Duffy?" = -=20 That's him! Steve exclaimed!
 
Small world {:>)
 
Ed
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary=20 Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.comhttp://www.andersonee.com
http:/= /members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW
http://www.dmack.net/mazda= /index.html
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