<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Somehow this failure must be "Tom Induced"........<br>
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Gray Fowler<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"David Sweatt" <dsweatt@hotmail.com></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: discussion-request@nsrca.org</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">04/14/2003 10:37 AM</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> Subject: RIP Fed Exd</font></table>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">For those of you that know me I hve been flying the same beat up airplane <br>
for about 2 years built by Doc Hurt that was half-Pursuit and with Prophecy <br>
wings. This plane was old and ugly but it flew like gang busters and we <br>
called it Fed Ex cause Tom Theurer bought the rights to put Fedral Express <br>
decals on it. Will after many hundreds and probably thousands of flights the <br>
inner wing tube dicided that is glued inside decided to break loose and as <br>
it was doing the two horizontal rolls in the Intermediate pattern it broke <br>
loose shedding both wings in flight. Total destruction..the good news is the <br>
Gene Maurice special YS 120 is intact and didn't even break the header. We <br>
were managing 8800 RPM with a 16-10 prop on this motor. and it runs <br>
flawlessly thanks to Gene's YS magical wand he waves at them. Thanks to Tom <br>
for realizing what was happing and getting the throttle back so engine <br>
damage would be minimal. My new Prophecy is setup as of last night and we <br>
are ready to have another try. Will be ready for Waco...David Sweatt<br>
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