Ed,
Thanks for the great
report. Did anyone take pictures?
Mark
S.
From: Rotary
motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:35
PM
To: Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Shady Bend
Report
Great weekend at Shady Bend Rotary
Round up. Had 4 rotary powered RVs - well, 5 if you count the remnants
of Finn's RV-3 hanging in the tree. Fin was there and gave his take on
what happened, his mind set and why he was so determined to land.
Still awesome to see the crash site and see Finn standing there taking
about it. Laura conducted a guided tour of the site and added the ground
perspective of the incident.
Monty demonstrated his muffler
experiment on Tracy's test stand engine - I think he is on
to something - but will take some more experimenting to sort it all
out.
Richard Shon showed casting
patterns and castings for his one lunger motor very impressive his design for
the side housing.
Kelly presented the result of his
interaction with Creavy? and the TES "O"
rings.
Tracy gave a great presentation on the
Ec2 setup - I even learned something
{:>)
Bill Eslick MCed a panel
discussion - question/answer session.
Some of the old regulars and some
new folks there, including a couple of current Air Force flying types - flying
F4's, but can't wait to get their Rvs
flying.
Richard Nagle? flew Rusty's RV-3
there - Great looking aircraft Rusty, can't imagine you letting it go.
Bill Eslick and his lovely wife
Linda flew in from Texas and won longest Rotary flight to
SB.
Bill Schertz came from Illinois and had photos
of his meticulous workmanship of his KIS
project.
The gang from OK, AR, MS drove in,
great to see Kelly, Monty, Ken and Charlie
-
Buly and his wife Doris was there, Buly reported on the devastation that
Wilma did at his airport - but, fortunately Buly's project was
undamaged. Bernie Kerr did not make it - we believe because power
had not yet been restored to his area.
Many others were there and all
helped make it a great event.
And of course the Crooks were
great hosts as always, food, drink, lodging, transportation, you name it
and they provided it. Laura was organizational director (always a good
thing).
assisted by Tracy's Daughter Sandy
(who flew her Cessna 150 in - must make a Dad Proud!). A sign was posted
on the cowl of the Cessna 150 " all I want for Christmas is a Rotary engine
". Tracy's mother handled registration and
Laura's father cooked Hamburgers and dogs - a real family affair.
Many other things, but will let
others fill in the blanks.
Had a headwind, going and coming
so fly was uneventful, brakes worked fine and arrived back here in NC around
1215 today. Absolutely a beautiful week end for
flying.