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Yes, I also knew Vance and had a enlightening exchange concerning propeller selection - Vance was an advocate of swinging the largest diameter propeller you could put on your aircraft and turn. He often provided a counter point to Paul in discussions but never got booted from the list. It is indeed a sad loss.
Ed
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie England" <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 9:59 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Vance Jaqua 'gone west'
I just saw this post on rec.aviation.homebuilt. Vance was an occasional poster to the 'other' rotary list & a very bright aero designer/engineer. I had the pleasure of a long conversation with him over lunch at OSH several years ago.
If you've never read any of his stuff, google his name & see how prolific he was & how much we've lost.
Charlie
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All,
For your info.....................
Scott B. Jaqua wrote ..
Please accept my apologys if this is not the correct address to write
to, or if you receive this news multiple times. My brother Doug and I
are trying to contact as many of the people that knew our parents as
possible. We know that the many contacts our father made in the
aircraft
world would want to know.
On Sunday Evening at about 10:00pm my mother Emily Jaqua, lost her
battle with lung cancer. In the same hospital this morning at around
3:00am my father Vance Jaqua lost his battle with Leukemia. They had
both been very ill since last fall. However they were still active
enough to attend my nephews graduation party the Saturday of Fathers
Day
weekend. Both passed as easily as possible under the circumstances.
Their last stay in the hospital was very short. This is both the best
and worst that could have happened. They were spared a long drawn
suffering, but it has turn my Brother's and my world upside down.
There will be no funeral service. However, in the near future there
will
be a celebration of their lives.
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Scott B Jaqua
Hagerson Forge
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For those of you who didn't know Vance, he was a real asset to the
homebuilding community as an aero-engineer and designer. He was
instrumental in several designs including the KIS TR-2 and TR-4. He
conducted numerous forums at Oshkosh, Copperstate, Sun-N-Fun and other
local fly-ins. His help aided many in realizing their dreams of
building and flying their homebuilt aircraft. He will be missed by
many of us.
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