Francois Badoux wrote:

Paul,

How hard is it to get permission to visit Mazda's rotary engine factory ?

I'd love to join your tour... or to send my chief engineer.  We are right in the process to design and industrialize our own block, and seeing precisely how
Mazda does it might be most helpful.  Unfortunately, with the workload we presently have and everything we've got to prepare for SNF,  it may not be wise...
or even possible to go now.

If one of us does not join, and it unfortunately looks like it won't happen, we'll pick your brain dry at SNF!  J    ...and don't forget to fully charge your
camera's battery and to take a spare memory card or two!

Best regards,

Francois Badoux

PS:  It's not official yet (we need a formal General Assembly decision on April 5th to confirm it), but I feel confident enough to tell you and all the
participants to your newsletter that MecanAir Rotary Engine will be renamed MISTRAL Engines, Inc. , with its US subsidiary incorporated in Daytona Beach,
Florida.  Warm thanks to everyone who contributed his feedback to our little informal survey.

I don't know about now but it took me six months starting six months OK :)
I am not sure how many pictures they are going to let me take inside the factory.
If I were them it would be none :)

Paul Lamar
 
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