X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from web81010.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.155] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.2) with SMTP id 962852 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 25 May 2005 09:17:52 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.190.37.155; envelope-from=deltaflyer@prodigy.net Message-ID: <20050525131708.86151.qmail@web81010.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [199.231.49.128] by web81010.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 25 May 2005 06:17:08 PDT Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 06:17:08 -0700 (PDT) From: James Maher Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Why I opted for the rotary To: Rotary motors in aircraft In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-785412831-1117027028=:84233" --0-785412831-1117027028=:84233 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Ed, Why not get your BFR in your airplane? It seems sort of silly to have to rent a factory aircraft to get a BFR when the rest of the time you will be flying a much higher performance aircraft. Surely there is a CFI in your area that can accommodate you. Jim Ed Anderson wrote: Snip Every two years I have to fly behind a reciprocating engine for my BFR and it takes me a while to stop thinking about those pistons and connecting rods trying to tear themselves apart and concentrate on the refresher training. Ed A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Why I opted for the rotary > There are a list of problems that will stop a rotary cold, but the > pictures here are what I see a piston engine trying to do to itself > whenever I visualize one running. > > http://carneyaviation.com/enginefire/ > > -- > ,|"|"|, | > ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta | > o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org | > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html --0-785412831-1117027028=:84233 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Ed,
Why not get your BFR in your airplane?
It seems sort of silly to have to rent a factory aircraft to get a BFR
when the rest of the time you will be flying a much higher performance
aircraft.
Surely there is a CFI in your area that can accommodate you.
Jim

Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

Snip

Every two years I have to fly behind a reciprocating engine for my BFR and
it takes me a while to stop thinking about those pistons and connecting rods
trying to tear themselves apart and concentrate on the refresher training.

Ed A


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Christley"
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft"
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Why I opted for the rotary


> There are a list of problems that will stop a rotary cold, but the
> pictures here are what I see a piston engine trying to do to itself
> whenever I visualize one running.
>
> http://carneyaviation.com/enginefire/
>
> --
> ,|"|"|, |
> ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta |
> o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org |
>
>>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/
>>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html
>



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