X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost04.isp.att.net ([204.127.217.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.3) with ESMTP id 2956855 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:27:37 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.217.104; envelope-from=bbradburry@bellsouth.net Received: from desktop (adsl-146-126-237.mco.bellsouth.net[72.146.126.237]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc04) with SMTP id <20080606212657H0400iih50e>; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:26:57 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [72.146.126.237] From: "Bill Bradburry" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Mistral Crash Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:26:59 -0400 Message-ID: <519B0433C78B4F8C8674FA5AC27E3B78@Desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01C8C7FA.87123D10" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcjH0s+Y8FwabQ2WQN+YNoYFuwHsrgASN7kg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01C8C7FA.87123D10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit More stuff! Good video. Claim is made that the muffler malfunctioned to cause the crash??? Engine is undamaged. http://www.news4jax.com/news/16474292/detail.html http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=20600 Bill B _____ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mark Steitle Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 8:42 AM To: Rotary motors in aircraft 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_01C8C7FA.87123D10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

More stuff! Good video. Claim is made that the = muffler malfunctioned to cause the crash??? Engine is = undamaged.

http://www.new= s4jax.com/news/16474292/detail.html

http://a= viation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=3D20600

Bill B

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mark Steitle
Sent: Friday, June 06, = 2008 8:42 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
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/2004/040= 409epilot.html ) at
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.

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