X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.6) with ESMTPS id 5628591 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:58:22 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.240.18.37; envelope-from=echristley@att.net X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.77,486,1336374000"; d="scan'208";a="658467085" Received: from smtp2.corp.netapp.com ([10.57.159.114]) by mx2-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 27 Jun 2012 12:57:45 -0700 Received: from [10.62.16.167] (ernestc-laptop.hq.netapp.com [10.62.16.167]) by smtp2.corp.netapp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/NTAP-1.6) with ESMTP id q5RJviib029325 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:57:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FEB655F.1080201@att.net> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:56:15 -0400 From: Ernest Christley Reply-To: echristley@att.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100623) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mazda discontinues Rotary Engine Production References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Charlie England wrote: > On 06/27/2012 09:34 AM, Ernest Christley wrote: >> Ed Anderson wrote: >>> Well, I guess this makes it official. A sad day. >>> >>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/06/26/mazda-ends-production-rotary-engine/?intcmp=obnetwork >>> >>> >>> Ed >>> >> And that seems to imply no 16B. My dreams are dashed. > Didn't they do the same thing with the -7, prior to the -8/Renesis > introduction? If the USA (& the world) ever recovers from the > half-dozen or so wars we're fighting & our economic rape at the hands of > the bankers, I'll bet the 16x will be in a production car. > Oh, Charlie. You're just trying to make me feel better 8*)