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Nov 1, 2005, at 6:00
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[FlyRotary] Shady Bend Report
Great
weekend at Shady Bend Rotary Round up. Had 4
rotary powered RVs - well, 5 if you count the remnants of Finn's RV-3
hanging
in the tree. Fin was there and gave his take on what happened, his
mind
set and why he was so determined to land. Still awesome to see the
crash site and see Finn standing there taking about it. Laura
conducted a guided tour of the site and added the ground perspective of
the
incident.
Monty
demonstrated his muffler experiment on Tracy's test
stand engine - I think he is on to something - but will take some more
experimenting to sort it all out.
Richard
Shon showed casting patterns and castings for his
one lunger motor very impressive his design for the side housing.
Kelly
presented the result of his interaction with Creavy?
and the TES "O" rings.
Tracy
gave a great presentation on the Ec2 setup - I
even learned something {:>)
Bill
Eslick MCed a panel discussion - question/answer
session.
Some
of the old regulars and some new folks there,
including a couple of current Air Force flying types - flying F4's,
but
can't wait to get their Rvs flying.
Richard
Nagle? flew Rusty's RV-3 there - Great looking
aircraft Rusty, can't imagine you letting it go.
Bill
Eslick and his lovely wife Linda flew in from Texas
and won longest Rotary flight to SB.
Bill
Schertz came from Illinois and had photos of his
meticulous workmanship of his KIS project.
The
gang from OK, AR, MS drove in, great to see Kelly,
Monty, Ken and Charlie -
Buly
and his wife Doris was there, Buly reported on the
devastation that Wilma did at his airport - but, fortunately Buly's
project was
undamaged. Bernie Kerr did not make it - we believe because power
had not yet been restored to his area.
Many
others were there and all helped make it a great
event.
And
of course the Crooks were great hosts as always, food,
drink, lodging, transportation, you name it and they provided it.
Laura was organizational director (always a good thing).
assisted
by Tracy's Daughter Sandy (who flew her Cessna
150 in - must make a Dad Proud!). A sign was posted on the cowl of the
Cessna 150 " all I want for Christmas is a Rotary engine ".
Tracy's mother handled registration and Laura's father cooked
Hamburgers and
dogs - a real family affair.
Many
other things, but will let others fill in the blanks.
Had
a headwind, going and coming so fly was uneventful,
brakes worked fine and arrived back here in NC around 1215 today.
Absolutely a beautiful week end for flying.