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Would it be possible to talk the owner into changing the prop and
getting another pilot for another few runs. It's obvious that this
plane hasn't come close to reaching its potential. I have said
before here that I believe the pilot was not the one for the job.
Maybe now others will agree. I've talked to several old time pilots
about the TTC record. They just don't seem to be as impressed with it
as they are with Lyle Shelton's unofficial record. If it actually
beat Lyle Shelton's unofficial run, they would take it seriously. The
TTC is really not completely developed. It needs a few tweaks and a
pilot up to the task. People like air and space magazine may not
understand Newtonian physics but they do understand how to sell
magazine's. Beating Lyle Shelton's unofficial run will wake them up
along with the rest of the aviation world. The plane is so close.
Seems a shame to park it in a museum before it is ready to go there

Paul Shamlian

The original sponsor Russ Macfarland  is senile or mentally
affected. His son who has been managing the program could care less
about light aircraft or rotary engines. In essence the money so far
spent  has come out of his potential inheritance. Russ wanted the
successful TTC airplane to end up  in the EAA museum. I don't know if
that is going to occur. If it does not It might be possible to buy
it.

I agree it has some potential to set some altitude records.

Paul Lamar

I was just politely turned down for the donation of the little red Cosman racer.  Entrance into the EAA museum is not a given.

Chris Cosman
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