REFLECTOR: Multiple Birds

[Greg Poole]

.....fleet owner eh?

Greg
....I can only aspire to such heights! (but working on it)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sid Knox 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
  Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 1:31 PM
  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Accident at Venice Airport FL.


  Chuck,
  All three are currently owned and based at Tahlequah (TQH, ex H73). The Velocity and Starduster fly regularly. The KR2 engine had a fatal seizure due to an in-flight oil leak.
  Sid

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  Sid,

  I hope those are planes you've owned at one time or another....not now and all at once?

  Chuck


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  Burt, glad to know you are ok. Let me respectfully suggest that unless you KNOW FOR SURE what caused the fuel starvation, that you do not settle too quickly on the cause. I say this from experience from a fuel starvation incident (Starduster) in which the probable cause was quickly established with the help of many local "experts" but it was some weeks later that I determined the real cause, corrected it, and so far (several years later) there have been no reoccurrences.
  I am certain most readers are anxious to hear the details.. not from some morbid curiosity but from the desire to wonder "do I have a similar setup that might do that?". 73

  Sid Knox
  Oklahoma

  Velocity N199RS
  Starduster N666SK
  KR2 N24TC
  W7QJQ


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Burt Kellerman" < burtvelo at comcast.net>
  To: "Reflector" < Reflector at awpi.com>
  Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 6:58 AM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Accident at Venice Airport FL.


  I just thought I give you all a heads-up, on my fuel starvation accident yesterday.

  About 9:30 AM at the Venice Fl airport, I lost fuel pressure and the engine quit

  after take-off. At about 400 ft it just sputtered and stopped. I made a 180, and 

  was lucky to land gear-up on the grass runway over-run. No injuries except my ego.

  Unfortunately the bird skidded tail first into a chain-link fence. The wings are 

  in bad shape but the rest of the plane looks O.K. ??? I know we should not 

  make a turn that close to the ground, but the other options were water.

  Just another kudu for the incredible gliding ability of Velocity aircraft !!



  Burt Kellerman N27BK 173RG





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