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The "swift fuel" promo is all well and good, but what was he FLYING?
Bill Jepson


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From: Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net>
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Sent: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 7:03 am
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Group,
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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Off subject but possibly of interest to any of us that l=
ive long=20
enough to see an actual
lo-lead fuel replacement produced and made available !!.............
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=C2=A0Officials Verify International Airspeed Record Using Unleaded Avgas
Wed, 09 Feb '11
Record Set September 11th Using High-Octane Sustainable Fuel
  The world governing body for air sports and aeronautical world records=20
has confirmed Richard "Smokey" Young set an official international=20
airspeed record on Sept. 11 using an unleaded, sustainable general=20
aviation fuel. The F=C3=A9d=C3=A9ration A=C3=A9ronautique Internationale, b=
ased in=20
Lausanne, Switzerland, validated that the flight established a new=20
100-kilometer closed-course speed record for a piston engine aircraft=20
weighing between 300 and 500 kilograms.
Young flew from the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, CA,=20
to the Salton Sea and back at an average speed of 242.7 mph using=20
SwiftFuel developed by Swift Enterprises Ltd., a firm based at the=20
Purdue Research Park. He broke the record of 233 mph set in 2004 with=20
leaded aviation gasoline. "I chose SwiftFuel because it is the only=20
credible renewable, unleaded fuel I have seen," Young said. "As I=20
researched SwiftFuel, I became more convinced that 'green' fuel is the=20
direction general aviation needs to move."
Young, who is an instructor in the Aviation Pilot Training Program at=20
Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., explained how the record=20
flight will impact his race team's future. "This record flight helped=20
verify the performance characteristics of clean-burning Swift 100SF and=20
signals our race team's commitment to exploring eco-friendly=20
alternatives to the current blends of aviation gasoline," Young said.=20
"We hope to continue this program by establishing other speed records=20
and through the exclusive use of biofuel in air show performances."
The record flight was sponsored by Tradition Aviation, which also=20
hosted flight testing and provided hangar space in their facility at=20
the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport. Engine work was performed by=20
Pacific Continental Engines based in Pacoima, CA.
FMI: www.swiftenterprises.com

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Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)
"13B ROTARY"_ Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo