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From the Rotary engine newsgroup, Dave and Paul Lamar were several hundred yards from the crash site, Dave, being a doctor, pitched in to render aid, the patient he was assigned to died at the hospital. Lots of injured, but I'm surprised at how few few actual deaths. Not that that's any consolation, I'm sure the injuries are severe and life altering.
Brian Trubee
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sat, Sep 17, 2011 9:51 am
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Watch Aggressive Formation: Learning to Race at Reno
Has anybody heard anything from Dave since the crash at Reno? I hope he was not close enough to be injured!
It appears that flutter might have taken the elevator trim tab off the plane, throwing it into a loop and crash. It is not apparent to me that the pilot had the ability to do anything but call a Mayday.
Bill B
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Kelly Troyer
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 11:37 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Watch Aggressive Formation: Learning to Race at Reno
For those that have not seen this.........If you look closely as the video plays
you will see brief glimpses of our very own Dave Leonard and his Turbo/13B
RV6 during race school last month..........Dave is competing in the sportsman
class this week at Reno............He qualified at almost 230 mph and as far as I
know his airplane is the first Rotary powered A/C to race at Reno..........
Kelly Troyer
"DYKE DELTA JD2" (Eventually)
"13B ROTARY"_ Engine
"RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
"MISTRAL"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
"TURBONETICS"_TO4E50 Turbo
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