> This is a great thing you are doing Paul. Sure hope the folks who
   use
    > your
    > reference materials fully appreciate them. It is just outstanding.
    > For the
    > better part of fifteen years Everett and I didn't have such a nice
    > consolidation of references and other information available.
   Pretty much
    > had to do it on our own out in that bean field and in library's,
   letters,
    > etc. in the pre-Google era.
    >
    > So to see you serve up to them so much
    > information, well it is just terrific what you are doing to help
   keep the
    > spirit of rotary aircraft engines going. Still have most of our
    > technical
    > library and a good portion of our technical files, dyno sheets
   and other
    > references including all of the photographs and transparencies taken
    > of all
    > our projects. The detailed photographs are helping a lot. And we
   still
    > have the aircraft engine dyno that we built to test Lycoming and
   rotary
    > engines (with test club). Am finally able to think about rotary
   issues
    > again, ten years later. For a long time, it was just too painful.
   But
    > good
    > to get parts in hand and get going again. Hope to make some noise
   on the
    > dyno later in the year. Are you healthy and happy?
    >
    > Steve Beckham
    >
    >
    > Thanks for the complements Steve. I try to do the best I can.
    > Fairly healthy and fairly happy for 72 :) If you would scan some
   of those
    > old photos I am sure our readers would love to see them. You two guys
    > were the real aircraft rotary engine pioneers. We got some guys
   in the
    > North West that would love to borrow that dyno.
    >
    > Perry Mick is in McMinnville. You should stop in and visit.
    > He now has over 600 hours I think. Ken Welter near Portland also has
    > a bunch of hours in a rotary powered Coot. Lots of fun going flying
    > with Ken :)
    >
    > Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

   Steve gave me a tour of his hangar and rotary stuff about a year ago.

   I occasionally fly to Mulino for breakfast, and then fly over Steve's
   house on the way back to McMinnville via the Willamette River. I don't
   think he's spotted me yet though.

   I don't do the low buzz thing so I'm usually 1000 feet AGL.

   Perry
   675 hours


Who's RV-4 is that? I'm curious about who made the cowl, and a few
details about it.

Brian Trubee

Brian is in Seattle Steve with an RV4 almost done.

Go back and read the last few messages Brian.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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