Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.100] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3078844 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:53:07 -0500 Received: from nc.rr.com (cpe-024-211-178-221.nc.rr.com [24.211.178.221]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i2F2r4Sm007107 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:53:05 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <40551672.4000805@nc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:35:30 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Nothing ever goes Smoothly! (RV-thingies) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Russell Duffy wrote: > However, once Vne was set, > it was set, and publicizing that you exceeded safe by WINNING air races > would not be healthy for the longevity of a flight certificate. Please > tell me that I have been clueless. > > I sure wouldn't use the word clueless :-) > > Actually, it's a good question, and the answer would probably vary depending > on which FAA guy you ask. > > OH! It's one of those questions 8*) Well, at least I now know that I don't have to write in Mach 5 for Vne, just to make sure that I never have to worry about some anal inspector at some point in the future. -- http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, alleviated by information and experience." Veeduber