BTW Mark we need some more pictures of rotary powered aircraft for
   Youtube taking
   off and landing. If you or Tom have a friend with a video camera
   with a telephoto
   lens mounted on a tripod that would work best. Please set it up
   about half way
   down the runway looking back at the start. A lot of YouTube vidios
   are junk
   because they use hand held cameras. Al Gietzen has a great video but
   for some
   reason it is not on Youtube yet.

   http://www.rotaryeng.net/Velocity_Vignette.wmv

   BTW It does not appear to be widely recognized yet but Youtube is a
   great
   way to advertise. If you spend a million dollars on a one minute ad
   on TV it is
   seen only once. If you put it on Youtube for free it will be seen
   for the next five
   years. I think Youtube viewing is also doubling every year. Pretty
   soon half
   the people will use it for entertainment instead of TV as you don't have
   to look at unrelated commercials.
   --
   Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


OK, I'm working on it.  I'll have to find a brave soul to serve as
cameraman.

We had nasty weather on Saturday, but it cleared up nicely and so I was
able to fly on Sunday.  Earlier in the day a KingAir landed at
Lockhart.  This is an unusual event for this small airport.
After returning from my hour-long flight, I was sitting around having a
soda with the old-timers.  These guys are used to hearing the roar
(scream) of the rotary engine, so don't pay a lot of attention any
more.  They told me that when I started my takeoff roll the two KingAir
pilots came running out of the pilot's lounge to see what was going on.
Not sure just why, other than that my rotary sounds so much different
from other a/c people are accustomed to hearing.  Its not everyday you
get to hear a 3-rotor at 7500 rpm, full throttle, and practically open
exhaust (unintentional).  We all got a good laugh.  I sure love my ANR
headset.

Mark

Thanks Mark.

Those KingAir guys will soon be flying quieter Pratt & Whitney turbo compound
rotaries if every body concerned is smart enough:)