GyroRon
05-15-2005, 06:11 AM
Well went to Lumberton yesterday, Flew my gyro and a friend followed me in his Phantom Ultralight. We had a bit of a headwind going both to and from the airshow, and the route we flew was just under 100 miles each way. The entire flight both ways amounted to almost exactly 4 hours! :eek: But it was huge fun!!!
I was the only gyro there and of course it drew a huge crowd of people. I did my best to tell people what why and how a gyro flys and where to get some lessons. I did a demo flight later in the afternoon and had alot of people afterwards come up and tell me they were impressed, and wondered why they don't see more gyros after seeing what mine could do.... I told them, it is cause most people don't take the time to learn what makes a gyro tick and that most people are confused into thinking a gyro is a complicated and high maintance machine. I told him once people see how simple it really is it is hard not to want one....
Anyway the fly in was great. I have never been to Sun-n-Fun but was told this is just like it only friendly and reasonably priced. Since I flew in I didn't go out of my way to pay a admission, Not even sure if they were charging pilots that flew in. So don't know how much it costed to get in, But bottled waters or Canned sodas were only a dollar and the Hotdogs we had for lunch were HUGE and were only 2 bucks with all the chilli and trimmings you could pile on them.
There was a few good aerobatic displays. A set of 4 T-6's doing a formation aerobatic routine. They were cool cause they were really low doing their stuff and those props make a wicked noise! There was a Old Twin Beech with Radial engines doing a loop and roll routine, again very cool. A old Jet doing fly bys - think it was a Sabre something or other? A Harrier Jump Jet doing fly bys and a hover and spin in front of the crowd. Several Pitts and Yaks Routines, a Jet Truck, A Jet PortaPotty, a Jet ATV.... You name it, it was there. Late in the afternoon they had a B-17 Bomber with a escort P-51 Mustang doing fly bys, followed by a P-40 and another P-51 I think. Really cool to see those birds flying by.
I was surprised on how many people were there. It was aLOT of planes and tents, and Campers, etc.... Seemed like alot of people brought their Golf Carts or scooters or ATVS and they were welcomed to ride them around the place. That would have been nice cause it was really spread out over alot of ground.
Anyhow, it was really cool and the people behind the fly in are shooting to make it a replacement for Sun-n-Fun since people are tired of the ridiculous prices there.
I will post some pices. My camera sucks so sorry that some of the pics are not too good.
I was the only gyro there and of course it drew a huge crowd of people. I did my best to tell people what why and how a gyro flys and where to get some lessons. I did a demo flight later in the afternoon and had alot of people afterwards come up and tell me they were impressed, and wondered why they don't see more gyros after seeing what mine could do.... I told them, it is cause most people don't take the time to learn what makes a gyro tick and that most people are confused into thinking a gyro is a complicated and high maintance machine. I told him once people see how simple it really is it is hard not to want one....
Anyway the fly in was great. I have never been to Sun-n-Fun but was told this is just like it only friendly and reasonably priced. Since I flew in I didn't go out of my way to pay a admission, Not even sure if they were charging pilots that flew in. So don't know how much it costed to get in, But bottled waters or Canned sodas were only a dollar and the Hotdogs we had for lunch were HUGE and were only 2 bucks with all the chilli and trimmings you could pile on them.
There was a few good aerobatic displays. A set of 4 T-6's doing a formation aerobatic routine. They were cool cause they were really low doing their stuff and those props make a wicked noise! There was a Old Twin Beech with Radial engines doing a loop and roll routine, again very cool. A old Jet doing fly bys - think it was a Sabre something or other? A Harrier Jump Jet doing fly bys and a hover and spin in front of the crowd. Several Pitts and Yaks Routines, a Jet Truck, A Jet PortaPotty, a Jet ATV.... You name it, it was there. Late in the afternoon they had a B-17 Bomber with a escort P-51 Mustang doing fly bys, followed by a P-40 and another P-51 I think. Really cool to see those birds flying by.
I was surprised on how many people were there. It was aLOT of planes and tents, and Campers, etc.... Seemed like alot of people brought their Golf Carts or scooters or ATVS and they were welcomed to ride them around the place. That would have been nice cause it was really spread out over alot of ground.
Anyhow, it was really cool and the people behind the fly in are shooting to make it a replacement for Sun-n-Fun since people are tired of the ridiculous prices there.
I will post some pices. My camera sucks so sorry that some of the pics are not too good.