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Finally made it to Sun & Fun on Tuesday - a
story in itself. A great time there as always,
although attendance was a bit less this year - presumably at least in
part to the weather. Tracy and Laura put on a great "tent show" as
usually. I saw the photo, Bill Eslick posted indicating both were
hypnotized by the "E" shaft, but I really think it was after they had been
asked an unusually astute question by a rotary newbe{:>).
But, we did have 5 rotary powered aircraft
there - the Mistral 2 rotor powered Archer pulled up nose-on to my
aircraft. Steve took off his cowl (which I wish he had not) - what a
beautiful looking installation! So you had a side by side (or nose to
nose) comparison - the roll-your-own cheaply installation and the ultra nice
expensive one (you'll have to guess which one was which).
Truly,the Mistral certification engine is a work
of art - sigh!
I did not see any Subaru parked on engine row
(although there was one aircraft there for one day which may have had a Subaru),
there were two Corvair powered KR-2s that had nice installations. But,
looked to me like once again the rotary was the heaviest
represented.
It was great finding out that Jason had won the
"Best Alternative Engine" award, but he had left the day it was announced on his
way back to Texas to beat the weather and of course no one had his cell
phone to call and tell him. A very nice
installation
Getting headed back Today, was again a battle
with the weather. Low ceilings and light showers from Lakeland until
North of Gainesville Florida, but after that the going was fine.
Good to be back on and back on the
list.
Ed
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