Message-ID: <00cb01c0032c$fcae4e60$0464a8c0@station4>
From: "John Barrett" <2thman@olympus.net>
To: "Lancair Mail List" <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: Re: AirVenture race and Engineair V8
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:31:36 -0700
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I stand corrected on both points - thank you Matt Hapgood for keeping me
honest.  The 500lb difference I claimed is an obvious goof that I should
have noticed, and it would appear the other misleading comment had to do
with a misunderstanding of Jim Rahm's claim of 2nd place.  (2nd in class vs.
2nd overall).   It is interesting to note how these misunderstandings can
happen very easily when you compare the quote of Mr. Zehrbach below in which
it reads as if the QVenture turned in a much faster time than Rahm's and was
just a bit behind the winner.

The actual difference between first place overall and second (as listed
below) is 29 seconds and between 2nd and third is only 9 seconds.  I don't
need to be an apologist for Jim Rahm, but It still seems lilke a close race
to me.

>I am confused...

>1.  Darus Zehrbach states that "Lee Behel's normally aspirated QVenture
with
>the Continental blew off Jim Rahm's turbocharged Engine Air V8 and finished
>just behind Orion Riddel in the factory Lancair IV"

>2.  Then I check John Barrett's update (link from his post) which states
>"[Rahm's] airplane is almost 500 pounds heavier with the pressurization
>package, so I believe second place by a close margin is a darn good
>accomplishment"


>"Because of weather the race leg from Kitty Hawk to Dayton was cancelled
and
>the race run from Dayton to Oshkosh.  The speeds and times were as follows:

    >1 hr. 18 min. 38 sec        319 mph for Orion

    >1 hr 19 min 7 sec       315 mph for the Behel Questaire

    >1 hr 19 min  16 sec         314 mph for the Engineaire V8"


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