Kevin: A change. The Rotorcraft Chairman of the Golden West fly-in was the
gentleman that crashed and died at Marysville. Stan McDonald was to attend
the Central Sierra Helicopter meet. Stan was a Nam helicopter pilot and had
built and was flying his Barnett gyro. He joined our display at the Golden
West meet in 2006 and we helped recruit him for the Rotorcraft Chair for the
2007 event. The aviation community lost a gentleman of the first order.

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Stuart Fields
Experimental Helo magazine
P. O. Box 1585
Inyokern, CA 93527
(760) 377-4478 ph
(760) 408-9747 publication cell
"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
...
Kevin: The Central Sierra Helicopter Meet is this coming week-end. It
sounds like it could be interesting. Doug Schwochert and Blake Estes of
the Helicycle fame will be there as well as Martin Hollman, and I'm
planning on doing a balancing job on a Safari. + some lady giving
instruction in an R-22, some Rotorway types, the Rotorcraft Chairman of
the GoldenWest fly-in and in general a bunch of interesting people.

--
Kathryn Fields
Experimental Helo magazine
P. O. Box 1585
Inyokern, CA 93527
(760) 377-4478 ph
(760) 408-9747 publication cell
"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
message ...
On 29 Apr 2007 04:13:26 -0700, Ol Shy & Bashful
wrote:

Curious thought while noodling early on a Sunday a.m. (0600). Anyone
else here ever been injured while flying a helicopter? Perhaps its
splitting hairs but twice now I've broken a finger getting out of
them. Landed my Hiller 12E crossways on irrigation rows to wait for my
loading truck and was getting out to take a whizz. My foot slipped on
the wet skid and I stepped down into the bottom of the row. When I
did, my little fingertip jammed on the horizontal window frame as I
did the sudden and unexpected drop another 12". Hurt like hell the
rest of the day until I could get to a clinic and get it set.
The second time was similar but was on a flat surface that was wet and
again I slipped as my feet hit the oily slick ramp. Once again a
finger jammed on a rivet row or something like it and broke the finger
tip. Now after many years, both small fingertips have an odd shaped
fingernail growing over the old break site. I am paying careful
attention when I get in and out of both airplanes and helicopters to
avoid any more simple stupid injuries.
Ol S&B

I've cracked my head on the top of the door frame crawling out of a
500D.. Done it a couple times getting in to R22s and managed to stuff
a split ring under a fingernail pulling the doors off an R22.

btw: I'd like to do injuries to all ten fingers of the clown who keeps
posting the vitupourous venom vs Belfort. He/she is singlehandedly
ruining my desire to spend any time on this NG.

Ignore the weenie... Add him to a killfilter and be done with him