A little update on George...
pasted from a list-serv regarding the Mazda rotary conversion that I
frequent... The problem wasnt the engine.. it was the peripherals.. and
the pasted bit below is from a maker of PSRU's who was uninvolved with
the accident airplane:


George Graham, one of the early aviation rotary adopters, isn't on the
list so though I'd pass along his latest. After 200+ hours, his second
Mazda manual transmission (2nd gear) PSRU stripped it's gears and he
dead sticked safely on a road about 10 miles from Leesburg Fl yesterday.
No damage to him or plane but he doesn't want to take a chance on the
transmission again. I'll be building him an RD-1A. He glided about 20
miles from an altitude of only 5000 ft with the prop freewheeling!

PASTE complete..

The glide distance has since been re-evaluated, but overall everyone is
glad it worked out ok.. and on a secondary personal note its refreshing
that the engine itself was not the point of failure

Dave

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
From Monday's FAA accident summary:

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 4449E Make/Model: EXP Description: EXP-
Date: 12/18/2004 Time: 1950

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: None

LOCATION
City: LEESBURG State: FL Country: US

DESCRIPTION
ACFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR A ROAD 15 MILES SOUTH OF LEESBURG, FL

N4449E is an "EZ" registered to a George Graham...RAH'er George Graham's
Mazda-powered Long-EZ, I believe. Congrats to George for not only coming
through with a whole skin, but for bringing off a off-field landing in a hot
homebuilt without damage.

Ron Wanttaja