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Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:13:49 -0500
From: "Mark Steitle" <msteitle@gmail.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mistral Crash
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Ed,

Sorry, you know as much as I do.

Mark

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
wrote:

>  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 -----
> *From:* Mark Steitle <msteitle@gmail.com>
> *To:* Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> *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.
>
>
>

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Ed,<br><br>Sorry, you know as much as I do.&nbsp; <br><br>Mark<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Ed Anderson &lt;<a href="mailto:eanderson@carolina.rr.com">eanderson@carolina.rr.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">





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<div><font face="Arial Narrow">Thanks Mark,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial Narrow"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial Narrow">Anytime the pilot walks away is a &quot;good&quot; 
landing.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial Narrow"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial Narrow">Yes, I met Steve at Sun &amp; Fun this 
year.&nbsp; He parked his Mistral powered Arrow next to me and I got to see the 
very, very nice Mistral installation.&nbsp; Sure made my installation look 
&quot;rustic&quot; {:&gt;).&nbsp; Steve was a really nice guy to chat with and was very 
please with the performance of the rotary.&nbsp; Did not mention a single 
problem - clearly there was one, but I imagine that as usually happens -&nbsp;it 
was probably an auxiliary system (or even possibly operator error) rather than 
the engine itself.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial Narrow"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial Narrow">Glad to see he was not seriously hurt - any 
photos of the accident?</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial Narrow"></font>&nbsp;</div><font color="#888888">
<div><font face="Arial Narrow">Ed</font></div></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
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  <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div>
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<b>From:</b> 
  <a title="msteitle@gmail.com" href="mailto:msteitle@gmail.com" target="_blank">Mark Steitle</a> 
  </div>
  <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="flyrotary@lancaironline.net" href="mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net" target="_blank">Rotary motors in aircraft</a> </div>

  <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 06, 2008 8:42 AM</div>

  <div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> [FlyRotary] Mistral Crash</div>

  <div><br></div>From today&#39;s AOPA epilot news.&nbsp; They state that the engine 
  lost power on takeoff.&nbsp; Thankfully, the pilot was 
  unhurt.<br><br><br>MISTRAL ENGINE PROTOTYPE CRASHES IN FLORIDA<br>A Piper 
  Arrow powered by a prototype Mistral<br>( <a href="http://www.mistral-engines.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mistral-engines.com/</a> ) rotary aircraft engine 
  crashed after the<br>engine lost power following takeoff from Palatka 
  Municipal-Lt. Kay Larkin<br>Field in Florida. The owner, retired physician 
  Stephen Roth of Deland, Fla.,<br>received minor injuries. The aircraft was 
  used in 2004 for engine testing<br>( <a href="http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/epilot/2004/040409epilot.html" target="_blank">http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/epilot/2004/040409epilot.html</a> 
  ) at<br>Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.<br>&nbsp; 
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