REFLECTOR: COZY: I am looking for some guys, but unfortunately I have no Names, just background, maybe one of them is on this list or somebody knows them?

[vance atkinson via Reflector]

Manne,  I am on the Velocity group list and will post this today,  
hopefully you will hear back from one of them.
Vance Atkinson

On 5/2/2015 6:08 AM, m.frank wrote:
> Hey to all you canardians,
>
> two weeks ago we had the airventure of Germany, the AERO of 
> Fridrichshafen. The one and only aero exhibition in Germany.
>
> I've been hot for many years for a very specific engine, so I kind of 
> camped on the Continental exhibition booth for about two days 
> (pictures and the promotion-datasheet of my desired engine will follow 
> in a separate topic the next days), and also did ask a lot of tough 
> questions to the guys at MT-Propeller right across the next aisle to 
> Continental, as I do have a noise problem with a pusher design in 
> Germany. (MT claimed they may have a solution to make the prop maybe 
> quiet engough as I got a max rpm of just 2300 so they claimed to 
> reduce the airfoil profile on the tips so there should be less 
> vortexes departing the tips, so no, no winglets, and due to a sickle 
> desging the turbulent air shoulndt have that impact in noice. We will 
> see if that will get me below the hard German noise requirements for 
> most of the airports. It IS a certain way to spent lots of money :-(  
> testing different prop designs, i may test this first with wood fixed 
> pitch props, but thats still some time until im going to test anything 
> :-) )
>
> Well, while there, I did hear some rumors of ongoing projects with 
> noise quietening, I would like to follow up, since I got this problem. 
> It was about three gentlemen who are owning all the same brand of 
> canard aircraft named Velocity AND do work as Captains for the same 
> air carrier. From what I did understand, its one of the big airlines 
> who do seem to train theirs pilots themselves. But this was about all 
> the information I could get.
>
> Unfortunately I have absolutely no clue about their names or contact 
> details.
>
> I do seek to get in contact with one of them or better get all three. 
> If you are on this list, or anybody may knows or guesses whom I am 
> talking about, please forward me some contact details or give them a 
> heads-up to please contact me.
>
> I do positively think, that the fact that each of them is of 
> owning/piloting a Velocity, being a captain and working for the same 
> air carrier should bring it down to just a few people, who I then have 
> to ask if they are the right one.
>
> So does anybody know of whom I am talking?
>
> If so, please let them know I would like to talk to them, or kindly 
> forward the contact details to me.
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> Cheers
> Manne
> out of Stuttgart / Germany



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