> Great news, Steve !!!  It's nice to see another rotary aircraft flying.
> Thanks for the initial numbers on oil and water temps.  Please keep us all
> posted as your flights get longer.  I am inspired, now....I'm
> going to work
> on my rotary powered canard now.

>I hope Tracy and Laura are listening. Every day more and more high
>performance planes with rotaries are coming online. They can not land at
>Shady Bend . Imagine how many more airplanes will be at the annual
gathering
>if it was at a real airport like Lakeland? :)
>Bulent

        Hmmnnn.. seems that all the first flights lately have been those backwards
planes... you know the ones that can't land at all the fun little strips
where the best fly-ins are just 'cause they put the prop at the wrong end
and too close to the ground. Now they want us to have a fly-in at a parking
lot? :-)

        Due to my tech school dates I haven't yet been able to attend the round-up
and probably can't this year as well, but next year it is high on my
priority list and I really hope it is still at Shady Bend. I do realize that
the pusher guy's would like to fly there as well, but maybe they could all
meet at Cross City and all the tractor planes could make one or two ferry
trips over to bring everybody in... better than the bus? Could spend a few
hours there looking over installations. I realize it wouldn't be as nice as
flying in but it's better than everybody camping at large airport.

S. Todd Bartrim
Turbo 13B RV-9Endurance
C-FSTB