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EAA AND THE WRIGHT EXPERIENCE TO RE-CREATE THE ULTIMATE HOMEBUILT... As any student of history -- or student pilot -- knows, on December 17, 1903, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, flew the world's first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft from some sand dunes near Kill Devil Hills, N.C. As the 100th anniversary of that achievement approaches, EAA officials, in conjunction with Virginia-based The Wright Experience, announced Tuesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum that they have embarked on a plan leading to construction and flight of a replica of the Wright 1903 Flyer. ...FOR AN AMBITIOUS LOOK BACK IN TIME... How's this for an ETA? The flight of the replica is scheduled for 10:35 a.m. on December 17, 2003, on the same sand dunes from which the original flew 100 years earlier, to the minute. Given the goals EAA and The Wright Experience have set, this will not be an easy task. For one, they intend for the replica to be as faithful to the original as possible, down to the fabric that covers the wings and the engine that will power it. EAA President Tom Poberezny admitted Tuesday that their plans were ambitious, but added, "So were the Wright Brothers'." ...AS THE ULTIMATE EVENT IN WHAT WILL BE THE REAL "YEAR OF AVIATION" EAA plans a yearlong series of events leading up to the flight on December 17. Of course, EAA's "Countdown to Kitty Hawk" will be but one of several events convened to recognize the 100th anniversary of powered flight. Yet one question remains unanswered: Who will fly the 2003 Replica on the anniversary flight, with the cameras rolling and thousands looking on? No one at Tuesday's kickoff announcement had the answer to that one. No pressure. No pressure at all. NOTE: AVweb's NewsWire http://avweb.com/n/?37b includes many more details of EAA's "Countdown to Kitty Hawk" efforts as well as a link to AVweb's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2000 coverage of The Wright Experience, including an audio clip of the starting and running of an original Wright engine. ULTRALIGHT PILOT THUMPS TOWER, SCRAMS: WILDLIFE PART ONE -- ULTRALIGHTS AND FRIENDS HEAD SOUTH FOR WINTER:
Last week, three ultralight aircraft departed Wisconsin in formation with
13 sandhill cranes, headed for the warm and welcoming environs of a
Florida wildlife refuge. The pilots are attempting to re-establish the
migratory pattern of rare North American whooping cranes and are using the
sandhill cranes as test subjects. The test group plans to cover about 60
miles a day (weather permitting) and should reach Florida in about a
month. Giessen-L��linden/Germany. Between the 6t and 7th of October 2000 a theft happened at the airport Giessen-L��linden. Two airplanes Type Ikarus C 42 were dismantled by experts. The engine Rotax 912/80hp with all accessory instruments were stolen. On another aircraft the propeller a 2 blade Warp-Drive (Type T8719?) was stolen. In another hangar the burglars pulled down a C42 from the roof and took off the 2 blade Warp-Drive; the engine (700h) was not stolen. They also broke open a Cessna and Garmin GPS-3 Pilot was also stolen. The engines were dismantled by experts as they also extracted cabling and all accessory parts. A radio set (Becker) was left in the aeroplane. That points out that this larceny was well planned and instructed by somebody. The registered number of the engine is : ROTAX 4403266. All UL-pilots and specially examiners are requested to verify any similar parts which they may purchase. The following questions needs to be asked: Who needs a new engine? Who suddenly has a new engine? Who had a crash? Or a shock loading propeller damage? Who has a defect propeller type Warp-Drive? Who knows somebody actually mounting an aeroplane kit and needs engine and instruments? Anyone with relevant information is requested to please call +49 6442 6711 (or fax +49 6442 325 42) Email: Mgeiss@gmx.de A reward of 2500€ will be granted. ROTEC
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Engineering Pty Ltd has methodically researched the radial engine concept
for the h HELP OUT A YOUNG EAGLE, WIN A KITFOX: The ambitious EAA Chapter 517, of Missoula, Mont., plans to build a hangar to use as an educational facility for its Young Eagles program. To raise funds for the project, the chapter is selling $50 raffle tickets for a 1998 Kitfox airplane. The drawing will be held as soon as December if the maximum of 1,000 tickets are sold, or in January 2001 if a minimum 800 tickets are sold. NOTE: AVweb's NewsWire http://avweb.com/n/?41b includes a photo of the Kitfox and a link to the entry form to enter the raffle. Sport Pilot Information:
A heater for your liquid cooled
ultralight engine:
Since I fly using either a 582 Rotax, or the 912
four stroke, which both use radiators the same as my car for cooling and
heating I figured there must be some way of easily and economically
hooking heat up on my trainer. Looking into it I found that there were
several problems. AP-BIW* heater unit for
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