REFLECTOR: Velo Convention

[J.P. Brooks]

JP here.....
We'll be at Sun-N-Fun.
Much news to come  ....  not to tease you.
Press release from the company soon.
All the best to all of you Velocity and canard flyers on the Reflector.



At 01:30 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
>Hey Milt and Phil,
>
>Having viewed this morning's AVflash, I'm left wondering if the Doers or JP
>Brooks (you got your ears on there folks?) are bringing their demo aircraft
>to our little meeting in Texas?  For someone who has yet to see a DeltaHawk
>run, I sure would like to take a look and listen!
>
>Greg in Sydney.
>
>The American Diesel, Still Struggling For Air
>
>
>DeltaHawk <http://www.deltahawkengines.com/> , a small company based in
>Racine, Wis., has been working for about a decade to develop a diesel engine
>for GA aircraft -- the only such engines being built in the U.S., the
>company says. The engine first flew back in May 2003 in a Velocity RG, and
>since then has been making the rounds of trade shows as R&D continues. A few
>of the 200-hp engines have been built for experimental aircraft, but the
>company says it is still at least 18 months away from having an
>FAA-certified engine, and money problems are slowing down the process. With
>a little luck, the company hopes to sell more than 3,600 of the engines in
>2010. The company will be exhibiting its technology at Sun 'n Fun
><http://www.sun-n-fun.org/content/> , coming up in Lakeland, Fla., April
>4-10. If you can't be there to check them out yourself, be sure to watch for
>AVweb's special online coverage, coming to your inbox on Monday, Wednesday
>and Friday that week.
>
>
>
>
>
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