Tracy Crook wrote:

Got back from SERFI fly-in at Evergreen AL. yesterday.   Ed Anderson, Finn
Lasen and I were there with our rotaries.  There was to be an award
presented for the best auto powered plane there but they unexpectedly
canceled it. When we asked why, they explained that there were no auto
powered planes which were considered worth judging.  Made us feel about as
welcome as a turd in a punch bowl.

There were two Chevy 4.3L powered RV-6s there, one being the Belted Air
Power factory plane.  It was the most professional looking installation you
can imagine.  Sadly, on the way home it crashed killing pilot & passenger .
No details on what happened but weather was apparently not a factor.

Tracy Crook
tcrook@rotaryaviation.com
www.rotaryaviation.com

Sorry to hear that.

Are you still coming to Copper State? I am signed up for a talk but
the same day you are (Sat.) at 9 am. Yours is 10 AM. Same talk I gave 
at OSH. Aerodynamics of Liquid Cooling.

Paul Lamar
 
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