Hi Perth Guys,

     Robin and I are thinking of coming to Perth for a
     few days around Dec 10th and then renting a car and leisurely
     driving up the west coast for a week or so. We missed doing
     that the first time around. Can we have another dinner for
     the Perth Rotor Heads club?

     I think you should have at least one new member.
     Some guy up on a station in the outback as I recall.
     Was it Steve Izett perhaps? A Glasair maybe?
     We can get a look at Ian's new airplane and see how
     Don is coming with his Mustang II.

     Anybody in touch with Paul Carey?
     He may still have an R3350 turbine lying around we
     could slap on a rotary and try it out :)

     We will be back in So Cal between Christmas and New Years.

     Paul Lamar


Hi Paul

It would be great to meet you here in Perth.
We are about 10 minutes South of the City on the Freeway (major North
South highway) very close to Jandakot Airport and about 30 minutes North
of the Serpentine Airfield where Don is the President.
We would have offered you our spare bedroom, however we have just taken
in a young lady that needs some support for a while.

Im not really in touch with many guys here except Ian Beadle with his
Renesis 6 port RV7.

The guy you mentioned on the station visited me some time back and I
have rudely forgotten his name. I believe Don is away at the
moment overseas.

As far as traveling North at this time of year. How far North are you
thinking? Remember WA is a large State.
It is getting hot, people generally travel North mid year, our winter.
It has been very mild here in Perth but by Christmas I would expect 36-40C
Todays temps up the coast are Geraldton (16-27C) 61-81F, Carnarvon
(21-30C) 70-86F, Broome (28-33C) 83-91F, Derby (27-37C) 80-99F,
Kununurra (27-39C) 80-102F

Steve Izett

Thanks for the offer of a room but we can stay in a hotel.
Looks like it may be later in the year as I have something to
do in Florida in early December.

Probably Carnarvon or there abouts. Maybe we will go south.

Paul Lamar

Hi Paul,
I am in the north of China now and will return home around the end of
the month. When where you looking to travel to Perth. I will have a
spare room for you around till the 19th of January. In the house not in
the garage this time.
I have been very busy these days and have not done much work on my
projects. I hope to get back to them soon.
Dave is in Victoria but I think he will be home soon.
Ian was on holidays some where but is due home soon.
I hope to see you there.
Regards Don


Good to hear from you Don. Obviously you are traveling with a
note book computer.  Here is my latest. I love this little thing.
3 pounds and six hours of battery life.

Sounds like the boat biz is doing well.

Things are changing rapidly. Robin finally retired from UAL.
She was going to get laid off anyway on the first of the year.
So we are free to travel more. I am not so sure :) We were in Shanghai
a few months ago. We just got an opportunity to go to the Performance
Racing Industry trade show in Orlando Dec 11 to the 13th so we will probably
do that. World's largest with over 4,250 booths. One million square
feet. I have a long article in Bernoulli magazine which will be on
sale there. Probably sign a few magazines.

Could stop in  and see some of the rotary powered Glass Goose
builders in Florida while we are there.

Several movers and shakers in the world's finest racing teams
were interested in turbo compounding at the World Motor Sport Symposium
in Oxford last week so perhaps we can get Mazda thinking along those
lines. If it happens in Formula 1 turbo compounding will be a bright
blip on the radar.

See you soon. Maybe in January.

Paul Lamar