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Charlie, it has been over 20 years sense I saw it. He gave me 10 hrs training in it and left me with these words of wisdom “ Don’t ever get on one of these things by yourself and expect to live “ needless to say I couldn’t master the dark. It might have been a 12A It had plenty of power as I recall. Bob Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 26, 2020, at 4:02 PM, Charlie England ceengland7@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Bob; any idea whether he's still flying it? That's not the name I recall, but I'm not surprised that there's more than one gyro guy using the rotary. The guy I'm thinking about had, IIRC, over 1500 hrs on his, and it might have been a 12A instead of a 13B. > > Charlie > >> On 6/26/2020 3:42 PM, Robert bobperk90658 bobperk90658@bellsouth.net wrote: >> A fellow in Flagler Beach FL, Bill Ortmayer use to do training in a Parsons gyro that had a 13b on it >> Bob >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jun 26, 2020, at 1:07 PM, Charlie England ceengland7@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote: >>> >>> While while wandering the interwebs trying to find the name of the guy who's been flying a rotary on a gyro for several decades, I stumbled upon this site; thought some of us might be interested in the aviation history of the Wankel that's discussed. A quick scan didn't reveal anything 'new', but there is a lot of stuff I haven't seen compiled in one location before. (And the inevitable handful of errors, of course...) >>> >>> http://www.buildagyrocopter.com/aircraft-wankel-power-rotary-engines/ >>> >>> Charlie >>> >>> -- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html >> >> -- >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html