Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:36:51 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [128.83.126.136] (HELO mail.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1) with ESMTP-TLS id 2506520 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:12:56 -0400 Received: (qmail 47976 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2003 21:12:50 -0000 Received: from dhcp-191-101.per.utexas.edu (HELO benefits3.mail.utexas.edu) (146.6.191.101) by wb2.mail.utexas.edu with SMTP; 29 Jul 2003 21:12:50 -0000 X-Original-Message-Id: <5.1.1.5.2.20030729161149.039649f8@localhost> X-Sender: msteitle@mail.utexas.edu@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 X-Original-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:12:45 -0500 X-Original-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" From: Mark Steitle Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First Flight In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Congratulations Tommy! Way to go! Looking forward to seeing pictures. Mark S. Austin, TX At 04:53 PM 7/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: >First Flight: Glastar #5643, aka N78TP, made a gratifying and successful >first flight this morning, 7/29/03, at Ferguson Field, 82J, Pensacola, FL. >Powered by a Mazda 13B rotary engine, of ~175hp, and an Ivo ground >adjustable prop, she was off in about 500 feet. The only difficulty after >that was getting it slow enough to land. Building took five years, over >3000 hours and the help of a lot of friends, especially my wife, Pat. The >plane weighs a robust 1322lbs., and is equipped for night VFR. >Thanks to the Glastar and Fly-Rotary internet groups without whose help this >project would still be in the hangar. > >Big thanks to Tracy, Ed and the group for all the constructive help and >encouragement! > >I was way behind the airplane, so I'll provide flight data when I get it >figured out myself. :0) >Tommy James<>< > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html