Anyone still flying gyrocopters?

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Quietpilot wrote:

Henry,

There is a gentleman at Gillespie Field, {SEE} flying one on a regular basis..
They still exist you will be pleased to know.

It would be interesting if that is the one I sold. Lived in Coronado at the time -
close enough. I'm out to Santee from time to time and will try to find someone who
knows where it's kept, or who's flying it.
Thanks!!

I keep it at Sky Harbor Hangars on Kenney Street, next to the
Aerospace museum near the numbers for 27R. I'm in C-21 if you can get
through the gate. Am almost always there on Saturday a.m.s, both
flying and hangar-rat talking. Call me at (619) 985-9580 (cell) when
you're around. If I'm flying, leave a voice-mail as I'll probably be
back soon and will call you back.

Ken J.

Yep, nothing you can do about it. Used to be
old guys were in their late sixties. But now they're
getting younger. what?

Model Flyer wrote:

"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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Well, I don't think that the gyro is that old. A year ago he was
doing taxi
tests up and down the taxiway between hangar rows without rotor
blades. I
want to say that he's about 55-60, but I could be wrong. As my dad
said the
other day, that gyro of his is "like a mosquito... all it's good
for is
making noise." And whenever he does fly it, it's only for a few
circuits
around the pattern.


I'm a bit bothered about this, Old guy, at 54 I don't feel like and
'old guy', do I become an 'old guy' on my next birthday?
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Cheers,
Jonathan Lowe
modelflyer at antispam dot net

Antispam trap in place


"Wooduuuward" wrote in message
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Must be a good design if he's an old guy. Do you know which
manufacterer / model it is?

"
I'm a bit bothered about this, Old guy, at 54 I don't feel like and
'old guy', do I become an 'old guy' on my next birthday?

The saying goes, that the impression of old is anyone 15 years older than
yourself.

Think about it. It holds true, pretty well. The poster has just told
everyone else about his "inexperience", hasn't he? g

Then there is BOb, who even admits that he is old! g
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Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote:

I'm a bit bothered about this, Old guy, at 54 I don't feel like and
'old guy', do I become an 'old guy' on my next birthday?

The saying goes, that the impression of old is anyone 15 years older than
yourself.

Think about it. It holds true, pretty well. The poster has just told
everyone else about his "inexperience", hasn't he? g

Then there is BOb, who even admits that he is old! g
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You know you're old when......
AARP solicits you for membership.

That would be age 55.



Barnyard BOb -- 10 year member

"Barnyard BOb --" wrote in message
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snip
Then there is BOb, who even admits that he is old! g
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You know you're old when......
AARP solicits you for membership.

That would be age 55.



Barnyard BOb -- 10 year member

Hmmm, AARP solicited me when I turned 50 - guess I'm in the dinosaur
category, or maybe fossil.

Michael Pilla

You know you're old when......
AARP solicits you for membership.

That would be age 55.



Barnyard BOb -- 10 year member

Hmmm, AARP solicited me when I turned 50 - guess I'm in the dinosaur
category, or maybe fossil.

Michael Pilla
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

OOPS.
Sorry, Michael...
I stand corrected.
Age 50 it is.

It's all I can do to remember my "N" number
inscribed on the instrument panel in BIG letters.


Barnyard BOb -
Who needs Viagra....
When you have aviation.

"Lee Willcox" wrote:

HA! I'm 61 and I AIN'T old yet. I'm still just a little over 17.......
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I was too...
Until many equally 17 or younger friends departed
this world for one geriatric reason another. ;o(


Barnayrd BOb -- play kick the can, not the bucket.

Barnyard BOb -- wrote:



Barnyard BOb -
Who needs Viagra....
When you have aviation.

Damn! What do you do when you can't have either?

In Norridgewock,Maine on August 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The PRA Chapter #739, "The
Yankee Rotors", will be there showing how gyro-planes can do what others
cannot. Fun,fun,fun.


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Have a good day and stay out of the trees!
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wrote..
I flew helos in the Marines, and in the '60s put together a Benson kit.
It logged about 220 hours with zero problems, including a highly idiotic
trip from the CA coast to Catalina. In 1972, however, my wife-to-be
insisted it go before the wedding bells.

Are any of these still around?

Henry

In article ,
Michael Pilla wrote:
"Barnyard BOb --" wrote in message
.. .
snip
Then there is BOb, who even admits that he is old! g
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You know you're old when......
AARP solicits you for membership.

That would be age 55.



Barnyard BOb -- 10 year member

Hmmm, AARP solicited me when I turned 50 - guess I'm in the dinosaur
category, or maybe fossil.

Michael Pilla



Bah! AARP solicited me the year I turned TWENTY.

That happened to be the year my father (we share the same first name,
although with different middle names) turned 55, _and_ he moved to
a different town, *AND* I had my own place.