The decision has been made - prototype #1 will go to the US Helicopter museum in West Chester PA. Dan H (former) Comanche test lead

Hundreds of small low-cost UAV helicopters are located at dozens of secure sites, within an area of conflict. When required, a remote pilot, who may be located thousands of miles away, will cause a number of these helicopters to takeoff and fly to separate GPS coordinates. The remote pilot may...

The web page http://www.unicopter.com/1441.html is placed into the public domain; - To assure that this concept is not patented by one, to the exclusion of all others. - To stimulate a consideration and further development of this rotorcraft concept by others. Dave Jackson http://www.UniCopter.com

fyi...Joe Souza, maker of Bandit gyroplanes, is cheating the government - he funnels money from his business, Precision HiRail Alignment, into his gyro company which he then claims as REVENUE (illegally) so he can avoid paying lower taxes..the oldest trick in the book - is the IRS aware of this ??

Anyone out there using the Garmin 96c handheld GPS? I have discovered a glitch that may be a significant firmware problem on the 96c (and maybe the 96). When projecting a waypoint on a bearing from between 165 to 181 degrees FROM any existing waypoint in the 96c's internal aviation datatbase on...

Looking for an ex-military (UK) Gazelle for sale...I know a year back they were for sale! -S

I saw in the site http://www.helis.com/timeline/aerospatiale2.php that the gazelle was the first helicopter with fenestron and also incorporated a rigid main rotor as the BO105's, I never saw a gazelle so close how for to detail its main rotor, is this true?, the gazelle has a rigid main rotor...

Got to watch a V-22 Osprey doing touch and goes today at KBFM. What a fun hour of watching that amazing machine making the transition from hover to forward flight and back again. Wish to hell I could get some stick time in that one before I hang up my licenses in the next year or two. Wish to hell...

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I'm looking for the two gentlemen that came down to Virginia to help Gil put together the doors for his Mini500. I was there helping also and I would like copies of the pictures that we took together at the end of the day. I don't remember the names of these two gentlemen, but I do remember that...

The Golden West Airshow (June 12-14) is scheduled to see several homebuilt helicopters. Expected are Mosquito, Rotorway, Safari, Helicycle and possibly an Ultrasport. Good x-section. The Experimental Helo Magazine will have a booth... stu

The Golden West Fly-In is coming up June 8-11 at Marysville CA. It should be a good one as they have gone out of their way to solicit rotorcraft participation. Gyros and Helicopters will be welcomed and supported. As the Rotorcraft Chairman I am available for information and details. -- Stuart...

He even mentioned a good friend of mine, Gil Armbruster, who also perished flying his homebuilt Revolution Mini500. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation.rotorcraft/msg/56e21d4e4f21379d RIP Bill, Monk

Did my Class 1 medical at Gatwick yesterday. All looks good. Not confirmed of course until the specialist has seen the x-ray and heart trace that they do as a matter of course, but nothing scary showed up so I should be fine.. now all I've got to do is find the balls to sell up and go for it! Si

Hello listers! I'm extremely excited to have passed my private check ride in a R22 last Sunday! Happy rotoring... Kent

GREAT AVIATION READS Ran across two great aviation books at Amazon.com that may be of interest. One is entitled THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE BLUE GOOSE at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1413706843/qid=1094831904/sr=ka-1/r ef=pd_ka_1/104-0160304-5111104 It`s about B-24 bomber that simply...

Great forum Fantastic gallery free to join !! www.flightforum.net

Hi. I have been lurking lately. I have an interest in Gyroplanes (not enough money for helicopters). Does anyone have any comments about the new gyro kit that the groen bros are introducing, or is it to early to tell much. Thanks for any info.

GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION SELECTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) TO DESIGN NEXT GENERATION ROTORCRAFT FOR COMBAT SEARCH AND RESCUE Salt Lake City, Utah - November 7, 2005 - Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (GBA) (OTC: BB GNBA) announced today that...

good video of military helo ops at grouchymedia.com look for "Helo Thunder" kicks ass. all the best Sean Trost