X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 1 [X] Return-Path: Received: from mta21.charter.net ([216.33.127.81] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.15) with ESMTP id 3763307 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:09:13 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.33.127.81; envelope-from=cardmarc@charter.net Received: from imp11 ([10.20.200.11]) by mta21.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090717220828.WACH3344.mta21.charter.net@imp11>; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:08:28 -0400 Received: from homeoffice ([97.94.208.159]) by imp11 with smtp.charter.net id HA8J1c00K3St6wZ05A8T05; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:08:28 -0400 From: "Marc Wiese" To: Subject: FW: Rotary down Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:08:25 -0500 Message-ID: <6BDE83A264F64BD09E78220805BBEBF9@homeoffice> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0034_01CA0701.37AC9760" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6838 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Thread-Index: AcoG0w7C99qvdz/KR8yR/gzwkpUJlQAVH36w Importance: Normal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CA0701.37AC9760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Rotary down From the Canard avaitor's list...=20 "I received a cell phone call from a friend at KSUS (St. Louis Spirit) = this afternoon at about 1:35 pm. He was upset and could hardly say what had = just seen. From his open hangar he witnessed a mutual friend on down wind leg suddenly pitch up, roll nearly inverted and disappear behind an adjacent = row of hangers in what appeared to be 45 degree dive. He said we just lost = Olie. Olie is one of the guys in a local group messing around with = experimental airplanes, he was trying to get the one and only metal built VariViggin = to fly with a Mazda rotary engine. This was the second or third time Olie = had attempted to fly the airplane in the past several years. It was a = beautiful machine copied from original drawings and built by a couple engineers in Canada and painted like a Blue Angel F-18. Olie bought it and had it = trucked in. We were in total shock and not feeling well at all about this = happening to a guy we knew so well. I was really in the dumps when the phone rang again about 20 minutes = later. It was the same friend calling to say local guys were reporting Olie was walking around the wreckage which was up in a tree. I said, this is the = best phone call I have ever received, wow! I had Olie's cell phone number and called him. Sure enough, he was alive = and well, and I said man am I glad to hear your voice. He said things = happened real quick and he would brief everyone as soon as possible, meanwhile he = was waiting for the FAA and also looking for a ride back to the airport. (he = may not have been aware of it, but there was quite a traffic jam developing = on Airport Road as a number of people saw him go in, one said he couldn't believe he was not killed, all this on a local TV web site) This evening I received more info on what happened. The engine quit at = about 90 knots on down wind leg and the airplane pitched up immediately, = probably due to a high thrust line, speed dropped off to about 70, and the = machine rolled nearly inverted about that quick. Olie said "some basic instinct kicked in - I pushed the nose down trying to recover some speed and = kicked rudder real hard trying to get the airplane to roll back up right" - it = did just that before it hit the trees. He climbed down with hardly a = scratch. We are thankful our friend Olie is with us tonight...."=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CA0701.37AC9760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
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From the Canard avaitor's = list…..=20
"I received a cell phone call from a = friend at=20 KSUS (St. Louis Spirit) this afternoon at about 1:35 pm. He was upset = and could=20 hardly say what had just seen. From his open hangar he witnessed a = mutual friend=20 on down wind leg suddenly pitch up, roll nearly inverted and disappear = behind an=20 adjacent row of hangers in what appeared to be 45 degree dive. He said = we just=20 lost Olie.

Olie is one of the guys in a local group messing = around with=20 experimental airplanes, he was trying to get the one and only metal = built=20 VariViggin to fly with a Mazda rotary engine. This was the second or = third time=20 Olie had attempted to fly the airplane in the past several years. It was = a=20 beautiful machine copied from original drawings and built by a couple = engineers=20 in Canada and painted like a Blue Angel F-18. Olie bought it and had it = trucked=20 in. We were in total shock and not feeling well at all about this = happening to a=20 guy we knew so well.

I was really in the dumps when the phone = rang again=20 about 20 minutes later. It was the same friend calling to say local guys = were=20 reporting Olie was walking around the wreckage which was up in a tree. I = said,=20 this is the best phone call I have ever received, wow!

I had = Olie's cell=20 phone number and called him. Sure enough, he was alive and well, and I = said man=20 am I glad to hear your voice. He said things happened real quick and he = would=20 brief everyone as soon as possible, meanwhile he was waiting for the FAA = and=20 also looking for a ride back to the airport. (he may not have been aware = of it,=20 but there was quite a traffic jam developing on Airport Road as a number = of=20 people saw him go in, one said he couldn't believe he was not killed, = all this=20 on a local TV web site)

This evening I received more info on what = happened. The engine quit at about 90 knots on down wind leg and the = airplane=20 pitched up immediately, probably due to a high thrust line, speed = dropped off to=20 about 70, and the machine rolled nearly inverted about that quick. Olie = said=20 "some basic instinct kicked in - I pushed the nose down trying to = recover some=20 speed and kicked rudder real hard trying to get the airplane to roll = back up=20 right" - it did just that before it hit the trees. He climbed down with = hardly a=20 scratch.

We are thankful our friend Olie is with us = tonight...."=20

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