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 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2956203 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:53:46 -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 <20080606135306.GAKG23887.cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com@edward2> for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:53:06 +0000 Message-ID: <000701c8c7dc$5f3d6210$2402a8c0@edward2> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Mistral Crash Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:51:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01C8C7BA.D7E1E7D0" 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_0004_01C8C7BA.D7E1E7D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Mark, Anytime the pilot walks away is a "good" landing. Yes, I met Steve at Sun & Fun this year. He parked his Mistral powered = Arrow next to me and I got to see the very, very nice Mistral = installation. Sure made my installation look "rustic" {:>). Steve was = a really nice guy to chat with and was very please with the performance = of the rotary. Did not mention a single problem - clearly there was = one, but I imagine that as usually happens - it was probably an = auxiliary system (or even possibly operator error) rather than the = engine itself. Glad to see he was not seriously hurt - any photos of the accident? Ed ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mark Steitle=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Mistral Crash From today's AOPA epilot news. They state that the engine lost power = on takeoff. Thankfully, the pilot was unhurt. MISTRAL ENGINE PROTOTYPE CRASHES IN FLORIDA A Piper Arrow powered by a prototype Mistral ( http://www.mistral-engines.com/ ) rotary aircraft engine crashed = after the engine lost power following takeoff from Palatka Municipal-Lt. Kay = Larkin Field in Florida. The owner, retired physician Stephen Roth of Deland, = Fla., received minor injuries. The aircraft was used in 2004 for engine = testing ( = http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/epilot/2004/040409epilot.html ) = at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C8C7BA.D7E1E7D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks Mark,
 
Anytime the pilot walks away is a = "good"=20 landing.
 
Yes, I met Steve at Sun & Fun this=20 year.  He parked his Mistral powered Arrow next to me and I got to = see the=20 very, very nice Mistral installation.  Sure made my installation = look=20 "rustic" {:>).  Steve was a really nice guy to chat with and was = very=20 please with the performance of the rotary.  Did not mention a = single=20 problem - clearly there was one, but I imagine that as usually happens = - it=20 was probably an auxiliary system (or even possibly operator error) = rather than=20 the engine itself.
 
Glad to see he was not seriously hurt - = any=20 photos of the accident?
 
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Mark = Steitle=20
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 = 8:42 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Mistral = Crash

From today's AOPA epilot news.  They state that = the engine=20 lost power on takeoff.  Thankfully, the pilot was=20 unhurt.


MISTRAL ENGINE PROTOTYPE CRASHES IN FLORIDA
A = Piper=20 Arrow powered by a prototype Mistral
( http://www.mistral-engines.com/ ) rotary aircraft = engine=20 crashed after the
engine lost power following takeoff from Palatka=20 Municipal-Lt. Kay Larkin
Field in Florida. The owner, retired = physician=20 Stephen Roth of Deland, Fla.,
received minor injuries. The aircraft = was=20 used in 2004 for engine testing
( http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/epilot/2004/04040= 9epilot.html=20 ) at
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, = Fla.
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