REFLECTOR:Re: [c-a] Pole to pole flight

[Tony Babb]

I happened to be at the Velocity factory on Friday afternoon around 4pm and
saw Gus take off headed South. It turned out all his problems were
electrical. I think the main problem was that he had added a lot of
additional equipment, 2nd alternator (B&C 20 amp) etc and this was too much
for the existing grounds. Wayne Lanza and the Velocity team worked all day
on it and he's fine now.

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From: "Ageless Wings" <harley@AgelessWings.com>
To: "Ken Brimmer" <brimmer.1@netzero.com>; <canard-aviators@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:35 AM
Subject: RE: [c-a] Pole to pole flight


> This came in on the ANN newsletter this morning:
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> Update: Long Day, Little Progress For Gus McLeod
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> Pole Crossing Delayed By Mechanical Problems
> Thursday was set to be the first day of a new bone-chilling adventure for
> Dr. Gustavus McLeod. Unfortunately, he was forced to return back to
Florida
> due to some nagging aircraft problems. McLeod was 30 miles south of Cuba
on
> the way to Panama for the first leg of a long, challenging attempt to fly
> solo over both the North and South Poles in a single-engine plane when the
> mechanical gremlins awoke.
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> McLeod, 49, was flying a modified Velocity SportPlane called the Firefly,
> when he noticed a series of abnormal electrical and oil pressure
indications
> on the aircraft's instrument panel. Right away, he decided to contact the
> folks at Velocity for some technical guidance.
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> Duane Swing, owner of Velocity Inc., told ANN McLeod was advised to return
> back to Fort Pierce (FL). "The other option was to have Gus  land in
Panama,
> but that wasn't going to work from our standpoint," said Swing.
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> Once McLeod made his way to Florida, the Velocity support team went to
work
> troubleshooting the Firefly's problems. The electrical bugs were taken
care
> of in short order. "We had some bad grounds in the airplane," Swing
> reported.
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> The oil-related issue has much more demanding on the team. As of this
> story's deadline, the Velocity team was still hard at work trying to
remedy
> the Firefly's ailment. "We haven't been able to figure out what is causing
> the oil temperature problems," said Swing. "The oil coolers checked out
fine
> but we can't seem to get handle on the problem right now."
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> With no cause of the problem in hand, it's too early to say when McLeod
may
> fly again. "One thing is certain... he's not flying today," Swing
admitted.
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> FMI: www.gusmcleod.com
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> Long EZ N28EZ...
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> in the hanger, getting sanded and primed!
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> Harley Dixon
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> Website: www.AgelessWings.com <http://www.AgelessWings.com/>
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> Email: harley@agelesswings.com <mailto:harley@agelesswings.com>
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> Henrietta, NY
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> USA
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> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Ken Brimmer [mailto:brimmer.1@netzero.com]
> |Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 8:51 PM
> |To: canard-aviators@yahoogroups.com
> |Subject: [c-a] Pole to pole flight
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> |I heard on the news last night that Gus McLeod has started his trip from
> |Florida in his modified Velocity to the south pole.  I went to his
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> |there was no late news or even mention of the trip starting again.  If
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> |of you guys hear something let us know.  He has some very long legs over
> |some very cold country and I do not see how he will make it
> |without heat in
> |his plane.  I do not have heat in my plane and I do not think I could do
> |more than  three or four hours. The site is
> |<http://www.fau.edu/solopoletopole/>.
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> |                 Ken Brimmer - Cozy III - Easton, Maryland (ESN)
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