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From: "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: HCCi Engine Technology
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:32:32 +1000
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Greg,
Yep! Kadafi is a good guy now - so they say!
On their Pilots - nothing you could say would surprises me, but it's 
interesting to hear about it.
Oh for the good old days. I hope things get better before they get much 
worse.
George (down under)

> Yeah George they had their own oil until Kadafi took over and nationalized 
> it all.  We actually gave the King (Idris) their first air force, a couple 
> of olllllld C-47's, and a couple of T-33's.  Should have seen their 
> stateside trained pilots trying to figure out how to get the canopies 
> open.........they kept tripping on their baggy pants, getting up the 
> ladder.....(:-)
> Greg
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Lendich" <lendich@optusnet.com.au>
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:25 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: HCCi Engine Technology
>
>
>>
>>> I'll go you one or two better.  Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya, 1965.  Gas
>>> tanked in from the U.S. $ .15c per gallon.  A quart of 30-WT oil, $.22c, 
>>> Pack of Salems, $ .15 per pack, $1.40 per carton.  Quart of Jack Daniels 
>>> at the Class VI store, $1.96.  We used to go to Italy with a suit case 
>>> load of cigarettes on leave, and live like kings, guess what a hotel 
>>> room in Rome, or Naples goes for now?
>>> Greg W.
>>
>> Greg,
>> Libya - not fair!! Don't they have their own oil ?
>> I can quote Vietnam 68 US PX prices too but that wouldn't be fair either. 
>> Mind you we didn't have to pay for fuel there and then - it was all free, 
>> fuel, food, guns and bullets, green clothing, packs, you name it was all 
>> free.
>> There were a couple of things we had to pay for- a can of beer was 15c 
>> and a goffer (soft drink) was 5c. But I can't remember if that was 
>> Military currency or the conversion rates.
>> Yep! the good old days!! Try and get a goffer for 5c now!
>> George (down under)
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Dale Rogers" <dale.r@cox.net>
>>> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:06 AM
>>> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: HCCi Engine Technology
>>>
>>>
>>>> George Lendich wrote:
>>>>>  Lynn and Bill,
>>>>> I googled it, which I should have done initially and some sites stated 
>>>>> it had been around for about 30 years. I guess they didn't really need 
>>>>> it then.  I tell my Son, back in 1967 I remember getting fuel for 5 
>>>>> cents a liter or 20 cents a gallon - he can't believe it. I guess 
>>>>> that's 40 years ago, but you know what I mean. Does anyone remember 
>>>>> what it cost in the US in 1967.
>>>>
>>>> I was pumping "regular" for ~$0.26 per gallon then.  "100 Octane" 
>>>> (about 93 by today's standards) was $.0.30.
>>>>
>>>> Keep in mind, that at that time, rent for three bedroom home was ~$55 
>>>> per month, not the $1100 it is now, in the outer   reaches of the 
>>>> greater Phoenix area.  A pound of ground round - what? 12% fat? - was 
>>>> $0.39.  A brand new Colt m1911 was 125.00, as opposed to the ~$800 it 
>>>> is now.  A half gallon of milk?   Well, you know where this goes ...
>>>>
>>>> Dale R.
>>>> COZY MkIV #0497
>>>>
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