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joa wrote:

Ha ha, Lancair intends to stay on top for quite a while.  I've been to Reno
the last two years and wrote stories on Lancair both times where I
interviewed the team (they're located in my town) and you'll have a heck of
a time beating their expertise and most importantly their $$$.  They'll do
what it takes to win even if it means using 25 hour props and severely
abusing air cooled engines.  But hey, it can be done!  Probably not in the
near future though IMHO.  Now as far as competing against the unlimited
warbirds, well, just take a look at what's happened to every pilot that's
entered in a non-warbird.  Believe me I know, I was standing underneath
pylon #1 this year when Miss Ashley II came apart.

Joa

I think we could sneak up on them with a 900 HP turbo three
rotor, a PT6 gear box and the right airplane :-) Perhaps
a Questair Venture. My friend Dave Anders came close and
finished second  with only 1/100th of the money.

Paul Lamar
 
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