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If Charlie is looking for a head count to measure interest let me be the first to say that I'll be there.  Charlie and Tupper throw a great party!  Slobovia is close to all the guys in Texas plus fairly close to the rest of us in the center of the country as well as a pretty easy trip for Ed, Tracy, Finn and Bernie.  I have seen a couple of canards land there as well as a Swearingen SX-300; the field is absolutely great!  Charlie didn't pay me to say all this but he does give me a ride in his RV-4 occassionally!

 

Ken Powell

 

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> I, too, would really miss the trip to Tracy's (actually Laura's).
>
> There's a standing offer to Tracy & Laura to host a spring/early summer
> rotary get-together here in Mississippi if there is consensus that it
> would work.
>
> We have 4800 ft of smooth grass here at Slobovia Outernational &
> Velocity class canards (anything with 5.00-5 tires & reasonable
> nosewheel) can land here with no problem. For those that absolutely
> can't handle grass, there's a 5300 ft municipal strip (HKS) 10 miles
> away. Closest motels are about a 20 minute drive into town, but those
> willing to tent camp or do the bedroll-on-the-floor thing can stay here
> 'on campus.'
>
> Obviously, success would also depend on those that are flying being able
> to come & share their experience.
>
> What do ya'll think? Can the rotary world support 2 events a year?
>
> Charlie
> Slobovia Outernational (MS71)
> Jackson MS
>
> Finn Lassen wrote:
>
> > No reason why we couldn't fly over to Cross Cirty (~10 mins flight)
> > throughout the fly-in to have a look at them.
> > I've never understood the lack of flying once you arrive at such an
> > event. Don't they drive their cars during a car-meet?
> >
> > Also, no reason not to have several regular "rotary round-ups". We
> > already have Charlie England sort of doing that in MS. If someone else
> > wants to arrange and/or host something at Lakekand, go ahead. Actually
> > there now is a yearly RV flying at Lakeland in January. No reason not
> > to combine that with a "rotary round-up".
> >
> > As long as Laura is willing to do it at Shady Bend (it's a LOT of work
> > for her), I would sorely miss that.
> > Point already made: Tracy's hangar.
> >
> > Finn
> >
> > paul wrote:
> >
> >> Valid point. One other consideration is that if the rotary powered
> >> canard builders are shuttled in, others don't get to see their
> >> engine/installations unless everyone is shuttled back and forth to
> >> the paved strip every time another canard arrives. Paul Conner 13b
> >> canard.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: DaveLeonard
> >> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:36 PM
> >> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: rotary roundup, Missed you : Ed, Rusty,
> >> John, and others
> >>
> >> I bet there would be plenty of volunteers to shuttle people from
> >> the hard surface runways to shady bend. That is until the event
> >> is too big to hold at shady bend... which is several years away...
> >> Dave Leonard
> >>
> >> Some thoughts of mine for next year's roundup. We should
> >> consider finding a location that can handle the canards
> >> since they do not like grass runways. Location would have
> >> to provide a building we could use to feed and hold our
> >> "hangar talks in". The building could be an EAA club
> >> house or an empty hangar. The flyin should be dedicated
> >> to only interested "rotor heads".
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Bernie,
> >>
> >> I absolutely agree with the above. The only additional
> >> caveat would be that it be close enough to Tracy and
> >> Laura to make sure they don't miss it. At some point, the
> >> fly-in has to leave Shady Bend, though it won't be quite
> >> the same. Lot's of people come to these things with lots
> >> of interest, and no first hand knowledge of rotary
> >> engines. Tracy's hanger is sort of a treasure chest of
> >> goodies, where people can actually fondle engine parts.
> >> As much as I pick on the backwards plastic plane types,
> >> they are a growing segment of our population, and we
> >> should try to accommodate them. Maybe NASA will let us
> >> use on of their shuttle runways :-)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Rusty
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Lakeland is looking for events to be held at their airport.
> >> They also have all the facilities. Another thing, we could
> >> have a “parts swap” during the event?
> >> Bulent
> >>
>
>
>
>
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