Lycoming engine fails! Pilot survives!

http://starbulletin.com/2003/11/18/news/story4.html

"floater" wrote in message
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Just imagine how much traction this story would get if the thing had had a
auto conversion on it.

Rick Pellicciotti

Rick

Lycoming started life manufacturing piston engines for automobiles and
marine applictions.

Guess their curraent engines are just auto conversions G

Big John


On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:45:49 -0600, "Rick Pellicciotti"
wrote:


"floater" wrote in message
. com...
http://starbulletin.com/2003/11/18/news/story4.html

Just imagine how much traction this story would get if the thing had had a
auto conversion on it.

Rick Pellicciotti

"It's just one of the risks you take when you play the game with a
single-engine aircraft," he said.

Well said Mr. Swears.

90MPH was the slowest he could get it before he went into the drink?



"Rick Pellicciotti" wrote in message news:3fbbc471$1@ham...
"floater" wrote in message
om...
http://starbulletin.com/2003/11/18/news/story4.html

Just imagine how much traction this story would get if the thing had had a
auto conversion on it.

Rick Pellicciotti

"Big John" wrote in message
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| Rick
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| Lycoming started life manufacturing piston engines for automobiles and
| marine applictions.
|
| Guess their curraent engines are just auto conversions G
|

Actually, I thought their current engines are based on an engine used for
power generators.

Strange his N534S registration record does not show airworthiness
certificate yet. Was that his maiden flight?

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Rick

Lycoming started life manufacturing piston engines for automobiles and
marine applictions.

Guess their curraent engines are just auto conversions G

Big John
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I once owned a 1938 Auburn with....
LYCOMING STRAIGHT 8.
http://www.prime-mover.org/Engines/Pictures.html
http://auburn-duesenberg-museum.visit-indianapolis.com/

Kaiser and Fraiser enjoyed....
auto engines by CONTINENTAL.
http://www.geocities.com/gaac_oh/195...Manhattan.html


Barnyard BOb -- a wealth of useless information

On 19 Nov 2003 17:16:03 -0800, (Jay) wrote:

"It's just one of the risks you take when you play the game with a
single-engine aircraft," he said.

Well said Mr. Swears.

90MPH was the slowest he could get it before he went into the drink?

Just taking a guess, but if he was heading for San Francisco at this
time, his airplane must have been pretty heavily loaded. I've always
been impressed with how high the landing speed of many of the canards
is. This one, at it's max fuel load could easily have been around 80
or so. The guy probably did not want to let it get to the speed where
the canard lost lift and the nose pitched down.

I think even the Grumman F6F Hellcat landed slower than 90.

Corky Scott

- Barnyard BOb - wrote:

I once owned a 1938 Auburn with....
LYCOMING STRAIGHT 8.
http://www.prime-mover.org/Engines/Pictures.html
http://auburn-duesenberg-museum.visit-indianapolis.com/

Didja buy it new? ;-)

Mark Hickey

I once owned a 1938 Auburn with....
LYCOMING STRAIGHT 8.
http://www.prime-mover.org/Engines/Pictures.html
http://auburn-duesenberg-museum.visit-indianapolis.com/

Didja buy it new? ;-)

Mark Hickey
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Ouch.
I be wounded.

Bought it from the little ol' lady
that only drove it to Church on
Sunday when I was 7 teen.


Barnayrd BOb -- older than dirt