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Dennis=2C I live in Rockford and have a W10 in need of TLC. I am currently
rebuilding a Kitfox and plan on starting on the Tailwind this summer. The
Matronix website is extremely active. I have learned an immense amount of i
nfo from the website. I wish the Tailwind site was a more active website. I
have been told the Yahoo Tailwind forum is good. But=2C I don't think the
format is as user friendly as this Matronix site.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
list@matronics.com
Subject: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
All you ever wanted to know about Lycoming engines=2C
JC...not Injuns=3B
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/
And the GPU
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/Lycoming_0-290-GPU_Conv_0-290D.pdf
Dennis from Chicago
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Pat,
The Tailwind forum at matronics was the only site for some time and has
lots of archived info.
i think it was one of the Fresno guys that got us started on Yahoo due
to ability to add photos to posts, shortly after most switched to Yahoo
Matt added the same thing to Matronics but almost everyone stayed on
Yahoo.
i try to post to both since i have some friends that refuse to switch to
Yahoo.
Tell me more about yourself and the Kitfox and Tailwind...photos?
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
To: Tailwind Matronics
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis, I live in Rockford and have a W10 in need of TLC. I am
currently rebuilding a Kitfox and plan on starting on the Tailwind this
summer. The Matronix website is extremely active. I have learned an
immense amount of info from the website. I wish the Tailwind site was a
more active website. I have been told the Yahoo Tailwind forum is good.
But, I don't think the format is as user friendly as this Matronix site.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
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From: flamini2@comcast.net
To: thorplist@yahoogroups.com; TailwindForum@yahoogroups.com;
tailwind-list@matronics.com
Subject: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:35:38 -0600
All you ever wanted to know about Lycoming engines,
JC...not Injuns;
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/
And the GPU
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/Lycoming_0-290-GPU_Conv_0-290D.p
df
Dennis from Chicago
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
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Dennis=2C I will send photos at a latter date. I saw the plane on Barnstorm
ers a year ago in Alabama. It was built in Alabama in 1993 I believe. It wa
s deregistered=2C dismanteled and sold for scrap on the record. But=2C the
only dismanteling was the removale of the wings. A fellow bought it as part
of a package with a couple of engines he wanted and put it on Barnstormers
. I am rebuilding a Kitfox that will be up and flying in a couple of months
. A Kitfox cruises at 85mph. I thought that is a great low and slow plane a
nd thought an RV would make a great getup and go plane. Saw this W10 for ab
out 1/4 of what an RV cost=2C liked the design and history of the Whittman
and could justify getting it. The plane is actually in better shape than I
had Hoped by the pictures in barn stormers. The fellow that had it listed
=2C when I asked the condition said what it really needed was a wash job. H
e wasn't lying It looked damn good after I washed it. As a matter of fact o
ne guy saw it a couple of days after it was delivered=2C came back a couple
of months later after the wash job and asked me if I had repainted it. I w
ill start working on it this summer. And hope to have it up summer of 2010.
The plane was built with an 0-320 and latter converted to an 0-290 by the
original builder. Are you located in Chicago?
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Pat=2C
The Tailwind forum at matronics was the only site for some time and has lot
s of archived info.
i think it was one of the Fresno guys that got us started on Yahoo due to a
bility to add photos to posts=2C shortly after most switched to Yahoo
Matt added the same thing to Matronics but almost everyone stayed on Yahoo.
i try to post to both since i have some friends that refuse to switch to Ya
hoo.
Tell me more about yourself and the Kitfox and Tailwind...photos?
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
Sent: Friday=2C February 27=2C 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis=2C I live in Rockford and have a W10 in need of TLC. I am currently
rebuilding a Kitfox and plan on starting on the Tailwind this summer. The
Matronix website is extremely active. I have learned an immense amount of i
nfo from the website. I wish the Tailwind site was a more active website. I
have been told the Yahoo Tailwind forum is good. But=2C I don't think the
format is as user friendly as this Matronix site.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
list@matronics.com
Subject: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
All you ever wanted to know about Lycoming engines=2C
JC...not Injuns=3B
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/
And the GPU
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/Lycoming_0-290-GPU_Conv_0-290D.pdf
Dennis from Chicago
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List">http://www.matron
ics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com
href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c
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Pat,
We are in the South Suburbs of Chicago about 30 miles South of MDW,
Frankfort, IL.
i flew a W9 Tailwind for 12 years, 1000 hrs and raced it a little, it
had an 0-360 with CS prop and did about 200 while racing.
The new W10's are a lot faster, in the 2006 Airventure we were low on
fuel so throttled back and flew high but a W10 from CA with
0-320 flew low and fast into mostly headwinds and did 216mph!
See photos of Tailwind, N564DF that i sold in 2005 and last raced in
2006.Also current biplane project.
i am only sport pilot now and hope to be able to lift my leg high enough
to get in the biplane.
66 years old and happy to even see 2009.
Dennis from Chicago
PS; i attended the RFD EAA flyins from 1963 on and flew a Cougar, N6484D
built by Leonard Eaves into the first OSH flyin.
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
To: Tailwind Matronics
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 6:13 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis, I will send photos at a latter date. I saw the plane on
Barnstormers a year ago in Alabama. It was built in Alabama in 1993 I
believe. It was deregistered, dismanteled and sold for scrap on the
record. But, the only dismanteling was the removale of the wings. A
fellow bought it as part of a package with a couple of engines he wanted
and put it on Barnstormers. I am rebuilding a Kitfox that will be up and
flying in a couple of months. A Kitfox cruises at 85mph. I thought that
is a great low and slow plane and thought an RV would make a great getup
and go plane. Saw this W10 for about 1/4 of what an RV cost, liked the
design and history of the Whittman and could justify getting it. The
plane is actually in better shape than I had Hoped by the pictures in
barn stormers. The fellow that had it listed, when I asked the condition
said what it really needed was a wash job. He wasn't lying It looked
damn good after I washed it. As a matter of fact one guy saw it a couple
of days after it was delivered, came back a couple of months later after
the wash job and asked me if I had repainted it. I will start working on
it this summer. And hope to have it up summer of 2010. The plane was
built with an 0-320 and latter converted to an 0-290 by the original
builder. Are you located in Chicago?
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
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From: flamini2@comcast.net
To: tailwind-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:11:07 -0600
Pat,
The Tailwind forum at matronics was the only site for some time and
has lots of archived info.
i think it was one of the Fresno guys that got us started on Yahoo due
to ability to add photos to posts, shortly after most switched to Yahoo
Matt added the same thing to Matronics but almost everyone stayed on
Yahoo.
i try to post to both since i have some friends that refuse to switch
to Yahoo.
Tell me more about yourself and the Kitfox and Tailwind...photos?
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
To: Tailwind Matronics
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis, I live in Rockford and have a W10 in need of TLC. I am
currently rebuilding a Kitfox and plan on starting on the Tailwind this
summer. The Matronix website is extremely active. I have learned an
immense amount of info from the website. I wish the Tailwind site was a
more active website. I have been told the Yahoo Tailwind forum is good.
But, I don't think the format is as user friendly as this Matronix site.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
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From: flamini2@comcast.net
To: thorplist@yahoogroups.com; TailwindForum@yahoogroups.com;
tailwind-list@matronics.com
Subject: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:35:38 -0600
All you ever wanted to know about Lycoming engines,
JC...not Injuns;
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/
And the GPU
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/Lycoming_0-290-GPU_Conv_0-290D.p
df
Dennis from Chicago
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List">http://www.matr
onics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com
href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
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Dennis=2C WOW! I finally contacted a real Tailwinder on this site. I had gi
ven up hope. I didn't even know there was a W9. W8 and W10 was all I ever h
eard of. What biplane project have you got going. I have to have a biplane.
I like the Skybolt or Marquart Charger. I am a little dismayed though. "66
" ain't old. I am "65" and will get my license this spring. I had an ultral
ight 20 years ago for 3 years. Sold it=2C toyed with the idea of getting my
license=2C but was raising a family and didn't really have the time. Two y
ears ago we moved to Rockford=2C 1 mile west of runway 7=2C found EAA Chp 2
2 and a hotbed of experimental aircraft aviation at Cottonwood airport here
in Rockford. Streetrods are fun=2C motorcycles are crazy=2C airplanes... t
hey are reserved for the insane. Can't wait to meet you and pick your brain
on the Tailwind.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Pat=2C
We are in the South Suburbs of Chicago about 30 miles South of MDW=2C Frank
fort=2C IL.
i flew a W9 Tailwind for 12 years=2C 1000 hrs and raced it a little=2C it h
ad an 0-360 with CS prop and did about 200 while racing.
The new W10's are a lot faster=2C in the 2006 Airventure we were low on fue
l so throttled back and flew high but a W10 from CA with
0-320 flew low and fast into mostly headwinds and did 216mph!
See photos of Tailwind=2C N564DF that i sold in 2005 and last raced in 2006
.Also current biplane project.
i am only sport pilot now and hope to be able to lift my leg high enough to
get in the biplane.
66 years old and happy to even see 2009.
Dennis from Chicago
PS=3B i attended the RFD EAA flyins from 1963 on and flew a Cougar=2C N6484
D built by Leonard Eaves into the first OSH flyin.
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
Sent: Friday=2C February 27=2C 2009 6:13 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis=2C I will send photos at a latter date. I saw the plane on Barnstorm
ers a year ago in Alabama. It was built in Alabama in 1993 I believe. It wa
s deregistered=2C dismanteled and sold for scrap on the record. But=2C the
only dismanteling was the removale of the wings. A fellow bought it as part
of a package with a couple of engines he wanted and put it on Barnstormers
. I am rebuilding a Kitfox that will be up and flying in a couple of months
. A Kitfox cruises at 85mph. I thought that is a great low and slow plane a
nd thought an RV would make a great getup and go plane. Saw this W10 for ab
out 1/4 of what an RV cost=2C liked the design and history of the Whittman
and could justify getting it. The plane is actually in better shape than I
had Hoped by the pictures in barn stormers. The fellow that had it listed
=2C when I asked the condition said what it really needed was a wash job. H
e wasn't lying It looked damn good after I washed it. As a matter of fact o
ne guy saw it a couple of days after it was delivered=2C came back a couple
of months later after the wash job and asked me if I had repainted it. I w
ill start working on it this summer. And hope to have it up summer of 2010.
The plane was built with an 0-320 and latter converted to an 0-290 by the
original builder. Are you located in Chicago?
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Pat=2C
The Tailwind forum at matronics was the only site for some time and has lot
s of archived info.
i think it was one of the Fresno guys that got us started on Yahoo due to a
bility to add photos to posts=2C shortly after most switched to Yahoo
Matt added the same thing to Matronics but almost everyone stayed on Yahoo.
i try to post to both since i have some friends that refuse to switch to Ya
hoo.
Tell me more about yourself and the Kitfox and Tailwind...photos?
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
Sent: Friday=2C February 27=2C 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis=2C I live in Rockford and have a W10 in need of TLC. I am currently
rebuilding a Kitfox and plan on starting on the Tailwind this summer. The
Matronix website is extremely active. I have learned an immense amount of i
nfo from the website. I wish the Tailwind site was a more active website. I
have been told the Yahoo Tailwind forum is good. But=2C I don't think the
format is as user friendly as this Matronix site.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
list@matronics.com
Subject: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
All you ever wanted to know about Lycoming engines=2C
JC...not Injuns=3B
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/
And the GPU
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/Lycoming_0-290-GPU_Conv_0-290D.pdf
Dennis from Chicago
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List">http://www.matron
ics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com
href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List">http://www.matron
ics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com
href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c
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Dennis=2C WOW! I finally contacted a real Tailwinder on this site. I had gi
ven up hope. I didn't even know there was a W9. W8 and W10 was all I ever h
eard of. What biplane project have you got going. I have to have a biplane.
I like the Skybolt or Marquart Charger. I am a little dismayed though. "66
" ain't old. I am "65" and will get my license this spring. I had an ultral
ight 20 years ago for 3 years. Sold it=2C toyed with the idea of getting my
license=2C but was raising a family and didn't really have the time. Two y
ears ago we moved to Rockford=2C 1 mile west of runway 7=2C found EAA Chp 2
2 and a hotbed of experimental aircraft aviation at Cottonwood airport here
in Rockford. Streetrods are fun=2C motorcycles are crazy=2C airplanes... t
hey are reserved for the insane. Can't wait to meet you and pick your brain
on the Tailwind.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Pat=2C
We are in the South Suburbs of Chicago about 30 miles South of MDW=2C Frank
fort=2C IL.
i flew a W9 Tailwind for 12 years=2C 1000 hrs and raced it a little=2C it h
ad an 0-360 with CS prop and did about 200 while racing.
The new W10's are a lot faster=2C in the 2006 Airventure we were low on fue
l so throttled back and flew high but a W10 from CA with
0-320 flew low and fast into mostly headwinds and did 216mph!
See photos of Tailwind=2C N564DF that i sold in 2005 and last raced in 2006
.Also current biplane project.
i am only sport pilot now and hope to be able to lift my leg high enough to
get in the biplane.
66 years old and happy to even see 2009.
Dennis from Chicago
PS=3B i attended the RFD EAA flyins from 1963 on and flew a Cougar=2C N6484
D built by Leonard Eaves into the first OSH flyin.
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
Sent: Friday=2C February 27=2C 2009 6:13 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis=2C I will send photos at a latter date. I saw the plane on Barnstorm
ers a year ago in Alabama. It was built in Alabama in 1993 I believe. It wa
s deregistered=2C dismanteled and sold for scrap on the record. But=2C the
only dismanteling was the removale of the wings. A fellow bought it as part
of a package with a couple of engines he wanted and put it on Barnstormers
. I am rebuilding a Kitfox that will be up and flying in a couple of months
. A Kitfox cruises at 85mph. I thought that is a great low and slow plane a
nd thought an RV would make a great getup and go plane. Saw this W10 for ab
out 1/4 of what an RV cost=2C liked the design and history of the Whittman
and could justify getting it. The plane is actually in better shape than I
had Hoped by the pictures in barn stormers. The fellow that had it listed
=2C when I asked the condition said what it really needed was a wash job. H
e wasn't lying It looked damn good after I washed it. As a matter of fact o
ne guy saw it a couple of days after it was delivered=2C came back a couple
of months later after the wash job and asked me if I had repainted it. I w
ill start working on it this summer. And hope to have it up summer of 2010.
The plane was built with an 0-320 and latter converted to an 0-290 by the
original builder. Are you located in Chicago?
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Pat=2C
The Tailwind forum at matronics was the only site for some time and has lot
s of archived info.
i think it was one of the Fresno guys that got us started on Yahoo due to a
bility to add photos to posts=2C shortly after most switched to Yahoo
Matt added the same thing to Matronics but almost everyone stayed on Yahoo.
i try to post to both since i have some friends that refuse to switch to Ya
hoo.
Tell me more about yourself and the Kitfox and Tailwind...photos?
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: patrick reilly
Sent: Friday=2C February 27=2C 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
Dennis=2C I live in Rockford and have a W10 in need of TLC. I am currently
rebuilding a Kitfox and plan on starting on the Tailwind this summer. The
Matronix website is extremely active. I have learned an immense amount of i
nfo from the website. I wish the Tailwind site was a more active website. I
have been told the Yahoo Tailwind forum is good. But=2C I don't think the
format is as user friendly as this Matronix site.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford=2C IL
From: flamini2@comcast.net
list@matronics.com
Subject: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info
All you ever wanted to know about Lycoming engines=2C
JC...not Injuns=3B
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/
And the GPU
http://www.7ts0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/Lycoming_0-290-GPU_Conv_0-290D.pdf
Dennis from Chicago
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List">http://www.matron
ics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com
href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c
t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List
ronics.com
ww.matronics.com/contribution
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Not quite correct Dennis.- Actually the history of the Tailwind Forum (Ya
hoo) and Tailwind List (Matronics) is basically as follows:=0A=0ABurt Rudol
ph first had the Tailwind e-mail list on his website back in the late 1990'
s.- That is when I first joined the group.- His list worked for a time,
then he had troubles maintaining it and periodically it would go down.-
He got it going again for a short time, but at that time it was a lot of wo
rk to maintain a list.- His website was http://www.chlassociates.com/Avia
tion/tailwind.htm-but it is no longer available and it hadn't been update
d in years.=0A=0AWhen Jerry Hey took over the Tailwind Times (late 1990s or
2000), he also set up the "Tailwind Forum" e-mail group.- I don't rememb
er how long he was able to manage it, I think it was about a year, perhaps
even two, but then he also had problems maintaining it and protecting again
st spam.- After it went down, I suggested to Jerry that perhaps we should
start a Yahoo group, which a number of other aircraft groups had also done
.- Jerry asked me to set it up and so I did in August 2001--I followed Je
rry's lead (with his blessing) and named it the "Tailwind Forum".- =0A=0A
About perhaps a year or more-later, Matronics was setting up its various
e-mail groups, and was successful with the RV types among others.- He exp
anded to include the "Tailwind-List" among others.- Many liked this becau
se the Matronics Lists didn't have advertisement, but for a long time it co
uld not accommodate pictures.- This was later modified and pictures and f
iles were allowed, but the Matronics Tailwind List never became popular com
pared to the Tailwind Forum, though it has had its stalwart supporters.-
I think this was for a variety of reasons, the monthly admonitions about co
ntent on the forums, the annual fundraiser/plea for money, and the lack of
flexibility and content that the Yahoo groups allow (these are my personal
opinions mindya!).- =0A=0AThe Yahoo Tailwind Forum currently has 885 memb
ers worldwide, and a wealth of information on the Tailwind-between the pi
ctures, links and files on the forum site, not to mention the average of 40
0 to over 800 posts per month, which are archived and searchable.- Yes it
still has some advertisement, but it is fairly unobtrusive.- It allows t
he owners and-moderators to be changed, and the group can have input into
these if they need to.- For example, on another Yahoo group that I frequ
ent, the Owner disappeared, and the group was getting a fair amount of spam
because the membership was wide open to anyone.- I worked with Yahoo, an
d we got two new moderators who now monitor the memberships, and who have p
ut much more content on the site.- It is now-much better.=0A=0AI am not
trying to bash the Tailwind list--I have been a member of it since incepti
on--and it is, and always has been,-listed on the Tailwind forum as an al
ternate group.- However, like many Matronics groups, it is not used very
much.- I know this is not the preference of those who like the Matronics
group better, but it is the fact.=0A=0ADave Magaw=0AN168A=0ASacramento, CA
=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: "Flamini, Dennis, F
ran" <flamini2@comcast.net>=0ATo: tailwind-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Frida
y, February 27, 2009 3:11:07 PM=0ASubject: Re: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and oth
er Lycoming info=0A=0A=0APat,=0A-=0AThe Tailwind forum at matronics was t
he only site for some time and has lots of archived info.=0Ai think it was
one of the Fresno guys that got us started on Yahoo due to ability to-add
photos to posts, shortly after most switched to Yahoo=0AMatt added the sam
e thing to Matronics but almost everyone stayed on Yahoo.=0Ai try to post t
o both since i have some friends that refuse to switch to Yahoo.=0A-=0ATe
ll me more about yourself and the Kitfox and Tailwind...photos?=0A-=0ADen
nis=0A-=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----- =0AFrom: patrick reill
y =0ATo: Tailwind Matronics =0ASent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:29 PM=0AS
ubject: RE: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lycoming info=0ADennis, I live i
n Rockford and have a W10 in need of TLC. I am currently rebuilding a Kitfo
x and plan on starting on the Tailwind this summer. The- Matronix website
is extremely active. I have learned an immense amount of info from the web
site. I wish the Tailwind site was a more active website. I have been told
the Yahoo Tailwind forum is good. But, I don't think the format is as user
friendly as this Matronix site.=0A=0APat Reilly=0AMod 3 582 Rebuild=0ARockf
ord, IL=0A=0A=0A=0A-=0A________________________________=0AFrom: flamini2@
comcast.net=0ATo: thorplist@yahoogroups.com; TailwindForum@yahoogroups.com;
tailwind-list@matronics.com=0ASubject: Tailwind-List: 0-290 and other Lyco
ming info=0ADate: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:35:38 -0600=0A=0A=0AAll you ever want
ed to know about Lycoming engines,=0AJC...not Injuns;=0A-=0Ahttp://www.7t
s0.com/manuals/lycoming/290/=0A-=0AAnd the GPU=0A-=0Ahttp://www.7ts0.co
m/manuals/lycoming/290/Lycoming_0-290-GPU_Conv_0-290D.pdf=0A-=0ADennis fr
om Chicago=0A t">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Tailwind-List ronic
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