Norm

[Harry_S.]

I just saw that our newest member is NORM. If this is the Norm that we've all been wondering about...WELCOME NORM!!!

Please fill us in Norm and say that you will abide with us!!

Again, Welcome :D :)

[norm]

Yes it is me... Sorry but no further information for now... Yes I have the server hidden and safe... but am not sure of the future ... we will see.........

Take Care and Fly Safe ............... norm

[rehler]

Welcome Norm. You are still our hero!

[Dean_Dolph]

Hey, Norm, I doubt if you realize how many people were concerned when we hadn't heard from you. The server is the least of it. It is good to see that you are hanging in there.

[Heron]

Norm . . .
Good to hear from you, hope the path is clear to better life!!
Thanks man
Heron

[KenSandyEggo]

Norm, just keep us posted as best you can. You indeed are a hero to a lot of us and it's true, the archives are something that would be nice to have available someday. But right now, I think that a lot of people are elated to see a post from you. You have been in the thoughts of a lot of people for a long time. We wish you nothing but the best.

[gyromike]

Welcome back, Norm!

Don't be a stranger. :)

[ToddP]

Norm,

Let me personally welcome you aboard. There have been countless folks here who have asked about your well being. I hope you'll be able to join us here and participate with the many people that obviously still appreciate your many years of service.

Good to see you.

Todd

[WN]

Welcome back to cyberspace, Norm! You weren't forgotton. I did a quick search, and your Forum has been referenced 184 times on this site!

[Al_Hammer]

Greetings, Norm.

Another rotorcraft conference refugee here.

[Aussie_Paul]

Good onya Norm!!!!

Aussie Paul.:)

[norm]

To make a long story short...

1. The BIG "D" remains a war because I am still fighting for my daughter against a true Borderline Psychosis diagnosis (the soon to be ex). And all the dirty accusations that go with that kind of mental disability. If I am lucky… I will have custody next month

2. Approximately 8 months ago one of my other dreams came true and I am now working at the "CAPE" … yes NASA .... Wow!!!!!! I could tell you about it but would have to kill you later …….. (smile)

3. I am hoping to have the servers back up in January…. Crossing my fingers.

Take Care and Fly Safe ……. norm

[Brian Jackson]

Norm,
Your forum was before my time here, but there have been so many references to you that I feel like you're an old pal or something. Kinda weird in a way. But I'm glad you're with us and look forward to some enlightening posts. I'm sorry for the turmoil you're enduring, but as they say, this too shall pass.

Take care.

Respectfully,
Brian Jackson
GyroBee Builder

[Harry_S.]

Our concerns and our prayers are with you Norm.


Please keep in touch!!!


Cheers :)


PS To make it complete...all that's needed is for Craig W. to join us!!??

[gyroman]

Glad your here Norm, good luck, our prayers are with you...

[MikeBoyette]

Norm,
Welcome back to the gyro world. we all missed you

[Walker]

Hey Norm!!!

To hell with your servers - I'm glad to here that you are about to prevail against the forces of evil!!. It'd been so long, I was beginning to think that you had split the country.

Walker

[gyropilot]

It'd been so long, I was beginning to think that you had split the country.What about you Walker?

I was beginning to think the IRS, FAA, NTSB, WADOT, and maybe even the CIA finally caught up with you!

Only 14 posts... you better get busy.

John L.

[jucie]

We missed you, Norm. Welcome. We wish you the best.

[Thomas]

Someone should tell me who Norm is. He sounds very mysterious. Of course if you don´t tell me, I will have to use my imagination and build a legend around him.

It might be a very interesting story that will gain in prosperity and spread to Australia where it will become a folk legend of the indigenous people there. The North Koreans will get wind of the tail and make a movie which will be distributed to all the evil empires. The Arabs will make him a Prince and follow his every word. He will have to instruct the mercenaries fighting in Iraq to give up their arms and surrender to his will thus ending the war on terror.

He will have to run for President of the United States then and free all the world of hunger and strife. Then I will tell everyone I knew Norm when he was just a mortal being with many friends at Rotary Wing Forum. :D

[MikeBoyette]

Thomas,
Norm owned and ran the very first gyro forum on rotorcraft.com. His forum probably sved alot of lives. I believe it was up and running for about 7 or 8 years until last year when he had to pull it off the net for family reasons. Norm's vision of a forum of this kind makes him another gyro pioneer, in my opinion. Hope this helps, another mistery solved

[Brian Jackson]

Someone should tell me who Norm is. He sounds very mysterious. Of course if you don´t tell me, I will have to use my imagination and build a legend around him.

It might be a very interesting story that will gain in prosperity and spread to Australia where it will become a folk legend of the indigenous people there. The North Koreans will get wind of the tail and make a movie which will be distributed to all the evil empires. The Arabs will make him a Prince and follow his every word. He will have to instruct the mercenaries fighting in Iraq to give up their arms and surrender to his will thus ending the war on terror.

He will have to run for President of the United States then and free all the world of hunger and strife. Then I will tell everyone I knew Norm when he was just a mortal being with many friends at Rotary Wing Forum. :D
Either that, or start a quack "religion" like L. Ron Hubbard did (L. Ron Hub-Bar :D ) and bilk people put of their millions. Then he could write books made into hysterically terrible movies like Battlefield Earth and convince everyone their bodies are infested with dead space aliens like Scientology teaches.

Naaaaa... I like your idea better!

Hey, I'm not far from Kalamazoo. We should hook up.

Cheers,
Brian Jackson

[Heron]

Norm an arabic prince?
I wanna see that!!!! :)
He is a great guy and fits the prince profile . . .
Heron

[Thomas]

MikeBoyette,
What I like best about this forum is that you have to provide your real names; makes for an honest exchange. I have been to other "aviation" forum's that have no accountability for the participants. They inevitably get bombarded with pranksters and hokey adolescent graffiti. Anonymity cheapens the professionalism and makes questionable the validity of any advice. To maintain any type of control the monitors usually resort to fascist tactics that only serves to alienate contributors.

It took great insight to look past the dollars and cents at its inception and see the true character of a special group by allowing them the opportunities to create a viable exchange of ideas and not cater to a bunch of malcontents just to make a buck. I hope this forum continues to grow in popularity and make many dreams come true. If I can help in any way, I am at your service. I am proud you all have accepted me into this special group.

RotoPix,
Hey, I sent you two PM's. I looked at your web site, wow, fantastic. Yes, we are close neighbors, Niles is only about 30 miles from here. mcbirdman is also from Michigan,...... Grand Ledge. I feel better knowing people of similar interests living near by. If they ever set off the "big one" we will have kindred spirits to talk to in the aftermath.

Being in the job market I have been to Niles many times. City council is building a new industrial park at the airport that attracted my attention. Also, ultra's were contracted from Niles as part of the recovery process with the NASA shuttle disaster. Lots of activity for such a small town.

Heron,
You are a rascal. Where are you now. If I call you a Gringo will you get mad? Why do you move about so much, are you really a spy? Working for CIA I hope, they are desperate for a few good men.

[Heron]

heheheheeheh no spy here, just a voyer! :D
I am preparing for a bigger project, last year I was about to move back and just build Butterfly gyros one by one and make a living of it. now the scope of this endeavour is a little more that I expected.
Gyrowave will come to fruition I hope and includes several participations on gyro development.
I am a Gringo wherever I am, a little bit of a mutant, kinda walking metamorphosys . . .
or just call me outcast, troublemaker, pot stirrer, wave maker . . . .
see ya
Heron

[Chuck_Ellsworth]

Hi Norm:

There are a lot of people alive today because of your forum.

I can not imagine a better tribute than that.

Chuck Ellsworth

[Shushupe]

Brave Reader,

There Are Times In Life When One Needs To Refresh The ‘feel’ In The ‘art Of Flying’. If You Reread ‘stick And Rudder’ You Will Find That The Instructions Are Very Clear, When The ‘angle Of Attack’ Exceeds The Capability Of The Wing Of A ‘hen’, Stall Prevention Can Only Be Achieved With A Slight ‘forward’ Movement Of The Stick. If Not, Impact Will Change Your Behavior.

What Is Not Written About Moving The Stick Forward At The Beginning Of A Stall, Is That It Is Not Just Your Hand On The Stick. You Kind Of Have To Be A Nasa Type To Understand This Phenomena.

If You Really Look At The Stick, You Can Really See The Images Of Other Hands. At First It Will Appear Like A Multi Exposure In A Photo,

The Solid Hand Is Yours, But That Other Less Dense Hand Belongs To The Real ’pic’. You Will Also Notice More Less Dense Images Of Hands, These Are The Hands Of Your Friends.

They All Have One Thing In Common, All Want You To Have Your ‘stick Forward’.

The Hardest Thing You Have To Do Is ‘let Go’, The Real ‘pic’ And Your Copilots Will Do The Rest.

It Is Clear You Need To Fly Again, Communicating Right Here In This Forum Is A Good Place To Start. This, Plus A Phone Call To A Good Flight Instructor, Such As 940-627-9887

If You Have Not Noticed, All Of Your Dreams Are Happening, Including The ‘little Pilot’. Just Let Go. Continue Your ‘angle Of Attack’ And May The ‘pic’ Bless Your Log.

Shushupe

[gyroblackwell]

Norm

Welcome back to the gyro world! As for the divorce thing.... Just hang in there! Been there done that .... and the good soul always wins eventually.

Mine was a 7 year battle ... but I finally got rid of the EX, and have been enjoying life with my two boys, my new Wife, and my 11 mo. old baby girl !

The true PIC takes care of his faithful and persistant pilots !

Our prayers for you continue !

[Hermie-Joe]

Hi Norm,

I have had a few problems myself, so I know the feelin'.
Glad to hear that you are back and still interested in GyroPopters.

Herm

[Thumpernator]

Boy, what a relief it is to hear from you, Norm. Jamie and I were just talking about you last week, wondering what was going on.

Call me some evening.

[KenSandyEggo]

"Boy, what a relief it is to hear from you, Norm."

What about you!!?? Where you been?

[jamiebodie]

Glad to hear things seem to be moving in a good direction for you Norm. We wish you the best of luck in your custody case.

Jamie Bodie

[Rotornut]

Norm HELLO! :)

Sunstate wishes for you to try to make it over for BD Days 2005 in Wauchula Florida.
April 5th thru 10th, 2005. After all you are a Life Member in Sunstate!

We will save you a Spot with power and see if you make it. MJ :)