RIP Fed Exd

[David Sweatt]

No it wasn't..Tom saved my engine and I'm grateful to him. Plus I need him 
to get started on my new one <G>..David






>From: "Gray E Fowler" <gfowler at raytheon.com>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: RIP Fed Exd
>Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:06:20 -0500
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>Somehow this failure must be "Tom Induced"........
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>Gray Fowler
>Principal Chemical Engineer
>Composites Engineering
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>"David Sweatt" <dsweatt at hotmail.com>
>Sent by: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>04/14/2003 10:37 AM
>Please respond to discussion
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>For those of you that know me I hve been flying the same beat up airplane
>for about 2 years built by Doc Hurt that was half-Pursuit and with
>Prophecy
>wings. This plane was old and ugly but it flew like gang busters and we
>called it Fed Ex cause Tom Theurer bought the rights to put Fedral Express
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>decals on it. Will after many hundreds and probably thousands of flights
>the
>inner wing tube dicided that is glued inside decided to break loose and as
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>it was doing the two horizontal rolls in the Intermediate pattern it broke
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>loose shedding both wings in flight. Total destruction..the good news is
>the
>Gene Maurice special YS 120 is intact and didn't even break the header. We
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>were managing 8800 RPM with a 16-10 prop on this motor. and it runs
>flawlessly thanks to Gene's YS magical wand he waves at them. Thanks to
>Tom
>for realizing what was happing and getting the throttle back so engine
>damage would be minimal. My new Prophecy is setup as of last night and we
>are ready to have another try. Will be ready for Waco...David Sweatt
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