Our man Jeff Spitzer's airplane made the front page of the
LA Times business section. Not only that it helped
win the war in Afghanistan. Jeff was also the designer
of the Moller rotary engine. Jeff wanted to put a rotary
in the Predator instead of the Rotax 914 turbo but they would not
let him do it.

Note the insulation on the exhaust pipes to conserve
the heat energy for the turbo. A predator with a turbo
Rotax was able to reach 57,000 feet.

We are proud of you Jeff.

Paul Lamar

 Absolutely!  First met Jeff in this newsletter and then in person a couple
of years ago when I was in San Diego.  Jeff met me and a friend at the
AeroSpace Museum (whatever the correct name is) and we had a blast
looking over all the neat engines and aircraft.  We spent some time at
lunch looking over his solution to the roadable aircraft problem.  I'm
a bit of a skeptic of the whole concept, but his iteration looks a whole
lot more workable than most attempts. I wish him luck.

Believe Jeff when he tells you something, he's sharp, and has both a
real world 'hands on' understanding and the solid technical base, too.
Many folks have one or the other, few are really good at both.  There
are some really sharp techies on this newsletter, a tribute to Paul.

Is the article specifically about Jeff and if so, can you scan in the article
or is it available online?  I'd like to read it.

Bill Freeman
Long EZ builder & pilot
BSME, MSME
EAA Technical Counselor

I did not read it Bill. I already knew quite a bit about it as Jeff
gave me a private tour through the labs up at the General Atomicsprivate
airfield test facility at El Mirage.

Mostly about General Atomics I think. I'll see if I can salvage it 
out of the trash. I first met Jeff at OSH several years ago
when he was showing his horizontal opposed piston six cylinder 
diesel aircraft engine. It was based on a scaled down 
Junkers Jumo diesel aircraft engine of the thirties. 

Paul Lamar
 
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