Return-Path: Received: from [204.127.202.59] (HELO sccrmhc11.comcast.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c3) with ESMTP id 810931 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:19:51 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.59; envelope-from=kenpowell@comcast.net Received: from 204.127.205.147 ([204.127.205.147]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with SMTP id <20050319011907014004gkkte>; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:19:07 +0000 Received: from [166.102.160.133] by 204.127.205.147; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:19:06 +0000 From: kenpowell@comcast.net To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Electric water pump Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:19:06 +0000 Message-Id: <031920050119.18879.423B7E0800049E2A000049BF220076219404040A99019F020A05@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Dec 17 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VucG93ZWxsQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18879_1111195146_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18879_1111195146_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I was there too. Made a REAL BELIEVER out of me. Small airplanes do have wake turbulence; Probably off the prop wake IMHO; others seem to think wing tip vortices. For those who weren't there: at Tracy'sin 2002 (I think), Finn started his takeoff run soon after ED had lifted off; as he (Finn) 'rotated' the aircraft rolled left (hard) and the left wingtip lightly brushed the ground. Scared me silly; Finn had no idea how close he came to ???????. Ken Powell Bryant, Arkansas 501-847-4721 -------------- Original message -------------- > Charlie England wrote: > > > Finn Lassen wrote: > > > >> Obviously you've never flown right behind Tracy :) > >> > >> Finn (I guess only Ed will appreciate this one) > > > > > > Wanna bet? I saw the grass stains on your wingtip. I also saw you get > > 'em. > > > > Charlie > > Well, can't blame Tracy for that one. Sometimes it helps if you're > already awake when you start flying and don't have to wake up during > takeoff. > > Finn > > > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_18879_1111195146_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

I was there too. Made a REAL BELIEVER out of me. Small airplanes do have wake turbulence; Probably off the prop wake IMHO; others seem to think wing tip vortices. For those who weren't there: at Tracy'sin 2002 (I think), Finn started his takeoff run soon after ED had lifted off; as he (Finn) 'rotated' the aircraft rolled left (hard) and the left wingtip lightly brushed the ground. Scared me silly; Finn had no idea how close he came to ???????.

Ken Powell
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721

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> Charlie England wrote:
>
> > Finn Lassen wrote:
> >
> >> Obviously you've never flown right behind Tracy :)
> >>
> >> Finn (I guess only Ed will appreciate this one)
> >
> >
> > Wanna bet? I saw the grass stains on your wingtip. I also saw you get
> > 'em.
> >
> > Charlie
>
> Well, can't blame Tracy for that one. Sometimes it helps if you're
> already awake when you start flying and don't have to wake up during
> takeoff.
>
> Finn
>
>
> >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/
> >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html

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