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Mike Wills wrote:

At 05:09 PM 7/21/99 -0700, you wrote:

Brice Dunay from Oklahoma City has been flying for a couple
of years.

Paul Lamar

Paul,

 Never heard of Brice. In fact Ive seen several guys mentioned here
recently who are flying the rotary that I had never heard of previously.
Which brings up a point. It would be great if there were a list of
successful flying rotary installations. Such a list should include as a
minimum engine type/displacement, airframe type, when first flown, total
hours.
 Whenever I get in any kind of discussion (argument?) with anyone regarding
my choice of engine usually the first question is "How many guys have flown
one?" (actually the first question is usually "Are you f***ing crazy?").
But the question of how many are flying is actually a valid question for
which I usually have a lousy answer. I'm aware of maybe a half dozen guys
that have flown with a Mazda rotary. I suspect that there are considerably
more and that such a list would increase the credibility of the engine as
an option among the less enlightened.
 Paul, if you could put together a list of guys that you know of off the
top of your head and post here, then the rest of us could review and fill
in the gaps. What do you think?

Mike Wills

Well just off the top of my head in no particular order.
There is: 

Yvon Cornoyer     Zenair
Neil Kruzwiski(?) Lancair
Jim Mosure        RV6
George Graham     Cozy
Tracy Crook       RV4
Ed Anderson       RV6 
Brice Dunay       Velocity/Cozy ??
Dave Atkins       RV6
The guy with the coot
Perry Mick        LongEz
Garry Buster      Gyro
Chuck Harbert     Velocity   anyday now
Tom Jordan        Big Ez     anyday now

Several people with Gyros

for a start

I am sure there are a bunch I don't know about.
Mazda only

Paul Lamar
 
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