X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from poplet2.per.eftel.com ([203.24.100.45] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.15) with ESMTP id 3792664 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:42:43 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=203.24.100.45; envelope-from=lendich@aanet.com.au Received: from sv1-1.aanet.com.au (sv1-1.per.aanet.com.au [203.24.100.68]) by poplet2.per.eftel.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B6C173DDA for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 07:42:01 +0800 (WST) Received: from ownerf1fc517b8 (203.171.92.134.static.rev.aanet.com.au [203.171.92.134]) by sv1-1.aanet.com.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 293761150036 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 07:41:59 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: From: "George Lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Oshkosh Rotary people and planes Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:42:02 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01CA141E.A791B900" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090802-0, 08/02/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01CA141E.A791B900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dave,=20 Believe me - it doesn't get as dirty. Especially if you wear it more = than one day. I wear black all the time as I ride bikes in Queensland. = Riding a bike you can pretty dusty, white looks bad after a few hours - = black lasts for days. Besides Queensland is much hotter than your = moderate climate in the States and I've noticed little difference in a = light cotton T-shirt. However if you like white - different strokes etc. George (down under) Black? At Oshkosh in summer? Dave Leonard On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM, George Lendich = wrote: Ben, How about T-shirts for identification, black ones with a big silver = rotor on the back and a small breast rotor on the front. Perhaps Tracy sells something like that? George (down under)=20 All, Got back from Oshkosh, talked rotary with several rotary people, = and a few newbies. One thing I have tried to do when people ask about = the rotary installation is not to give people a pair of rose colored = glasses. AL tell them that if they just want to bolt on and go, then the = rotary is not there yet, put on a Lycoming. But if they enjoy tinkering, = some problem solving, and building things by hand, then it may be a good = option for them. Don't want to discourage people from the rotary = movement, but also don't want to paint a false picture only to have them = start, then change, and badmouth the rotaries, we get enough of that the = way it is. Rotary airplanes on the field were, Chuck Dunlop, Dave Atkins, = and one other fellow, I met on Tuesday that was in homebuilt camping = area that I cannot for the life of me remember his name. (sorry, I know = you are on the list, please chime in if you read this) As far as the 11:00 am rotary gatherings, I think I did not do a = very good job of organizing that. Perhaps next year I will try to do = better. I was there Tuesday and we had three guys, Wednesday two, and = Thursday I got tied up somewhere else, and time got away from me. I = think there were more that showed up, but we had no way of identifying = each other. I am not sure what the best way to make it more obvious is, = perhaps next year we meet at one particular airplane at a given time, = instead of just in front of the homebuilt headquarters. There were about = 75 to 100 people hanging around there most anytime I walked buy there. = Maybe we can get Tracy to fly his RV8 next year and that can be the = meeting place. Might make for some easier to tell who is there for the = rotary, and who is just sitting in the shade. (actually, perhaps all = those 75 to 100 people were there for the rotary meet up! ;) David Cook - I was hoping to meet you this year, I met a guy last = year that is in your EAA chapter (if I remember right) and he told me = about your project. Sorry we didn't cross paths. Tracy - you were missed there this year. Just isn't the same = without you there. Perhaps next year with the 8. :) Ben -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html --=20 David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01CA141E.A791B900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dave,
Believe me - it doesn't get as = dirty.=20 Especially if you wear it more than one day. I wear black all the time = as I ride=20 bikes in Queensland. Riding a bike you can pretty dusty, white looks bad = after a=20 few hours - black lasts for days. Besides Queensland is much hotter = than=20 your moderate climate in the States and I've noticed little = difference in a=20 light cotton T-shirt.
However if you like white - different = strokes=20 etc.
George (down under)
 

Black?  At Oshkosh in summer?
 
Dave Leonard

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM, George = Lendich <lendich@aanet.com.au> = wrote:
Ben,
How=20 about T-shirts for identification, black ones with a big silver = rotor on the=20 back and a small breast rotor on the front.
Perhaps Tracy sells = something=20 like that?
George (down under)=20


All,

 Got=20 back from Oshkosh, talked rotary with several rotary people, and a = few=20 newbies.  One thing I have tried to do when people ask about = the=20 rotary installation is not to give people a pair of rose colored = glasses.=20 AL tell them that if they just want to bolt on and go, then the = rotary is=20 not there yet, put on a Lycoming. But if they enjoy tinkering, = some=20 problem solving, and building things by hand, then it may be a = good option=20 for them. Don't want to discourage people from the rotary = movement, but=20 also don't want to paint a false picture only to have them start, = then=20 change, and badmouth the rotaries, we get enough of that the way = it=20 is.

 Rotary airplanes on the field were, Chuck Dunlop, = Dave=20 Atkins, and one other fellow, I met on Tuesday that was in = homebuilt=20 camping area that I cannot for the life of me remember his name. = (sorry, I=20 know you are on the list, please chime in if you read=20 this)

 As far as the 11:00 am rotary gatherings, I = think I did=20 not do a very good job of organizing that. Perhaps next year I = will try to=20 do better. I was there Tuesday and we had three guys, Wednesday = two, and=20 Thursday I got tied up somewhere else, and time got away from me. = I think=20 there were more that showed up, but we had no way of identifying = each=20 other. I am not sure what the best way to make it more obvious is, = perhaps=20 next year we meet at one particular airplane at a given time, = instead of=20 just in front of the homebuilt headquarters. There were about 75 = to 100=20 people hanging around there most anytime I walked buy there. Maybe = we can=20 get Tracy to fly his RV8 next year and that can be the meeting = place.=20 Might make for some easier to tell who is there for the rotary, = and who is=20 just sitting in the shade. (actually, perhaps all those 75 to 100 = people=20 were there for the rotary meet up! ;)

 David Cook - I = was=20 hoping to meet you this year, I met a guy last year that is in = your EAA=20 chapter (if I remember right) and he told me about your project. = Sorry we=20 didn't cross paths.
 Tracy - you were missed there this = year. Just=20 isn't the same without you there. Perhaps next year with the 8.=20 :)

Ben

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