REFLECTOR: Recognize this Velocity?

Sat Aug 23 00:25:09 CDT 2014

Seriously?  Joe Stack built a Velocity?
I was working sort of across the highway at the time, and saw the smoke 
and the resulting traffic snarls.

On 08/22/2014 08:01 AM, Scott Baker via Reflector wrote:
> I stand corrected.  I did meet Joe Stack at Lincoln, CA and he was 
> building a XL.
> Joe made headlines purposefully crashing his Piper Dakota into a 
> federal building. http://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/stack-andrew-joseph.htm
> So the Velocity aircraft in question could very well be the one he built.
> Scott B.
>
>
>
> On 8/22/2014 8:49 AM, Brett Ferrell via Reflector wrote:
>> The mystery airplane is a retract, so we can eliminate the FG from 
>> your listing... the picture was from Van Nuys in California, so 
>> N983SC is the best candidate from that listing.
>>
>> That leaves us with 5 candidates:
>>
>> N248RB WHARTON VLCTY XL RG                WHARTON WILLIAM R
>>
>> N7618 VELOCITY XLRG DONALD TOM
>>
>> N7779X VELOCITY XLRG JEFFREY P SCHUSTER
>>
>> N983SC ELITE XL-RG        STACK A JOSEPH III
>> --
>> Brett Ferrell
>> reflector at velocityxl.com
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014, at 08:37 AM, Reiff Lorenz wrote:
>>>
>>> >> Anybody recognize this Velocity? <<
>>>
>>>
>>> http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/d6d7b65ac26c63b52f05c6f5ca6ee6379a9f0625
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I love a good mystery!
>>>
>>>
>>> Searching the FAA database for Velocity XLs in the southwest US 
>>> (based on the terrain in the photo), and eliminating the Lycoming 
>>> and Continental engines (based on the distinctive exhaust system 
>>> with 8 straight pipes!), I find 7 results. Two of these already have 
>>> photos in the wiki. These obviously are not the plane we're looking for:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> N6ZL VELOCITY XL RG                                FRANKS ERIK      
>>> AMA/EXPR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> N84749 VELOCITY XL RG HOSKINS LONNIE F                          AMA/EXPR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That leaves us with 5 candidates:
>>>
>>> N248RB WHARTON VLCTY XL RG                WHARTON WILLIAM R
>>>
>>> N218XL Velocity XL FG   Henry Gary
>>>
>>> N7618 VELOCITY XLRG DONALD TOM
>>>
>>> N7779X VELOCITY XLRG JEFFREY P SCHUSTER
>>>
>>> N983SC ELITE XL-RG        STACK A JOSEPH III
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone have more information to add to our investigation? I don't 
>>> have photos of any of the last 5 planes, so any images you can 
>>> provide would be helpful, even if they're not our mystery 8-cylinder XL.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Reiff Lorenz, Dayton, OH
>>> *Velocity XL-RG, 61% complete
>>> Currently working on: Getting empty boxes from GRT for planning and 
>>> fitting
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:*Reflector [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On Behalf Of 
>>> *Brett Ferrell via Reflector
>>> *Sent:* Friday, August 22, 2014 8:01 AM
>>> *To:* reflector tvbr.org; forum at velocityowners.com
>>> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: Recognize this Velocity?
>>>
>>>
>>> Anybody recognize this Velocity?  I'd like to include it on the 
>>> Wiki, but it didn't seem to have a N number on it.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://flightaware.com/photos/view/1054769-53b15778d1e82233b7269d05b59d508a87665caf/aircrafttype/VELO/sort/votes/page/2
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Brett Ferrell
>>>
>>> reflector at velocityxl.com <mailto:reflector at velocityxl.com>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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