Rotary Wing Forum - News

HoneyBee G2 Flight Video

PW_Plack — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:02:49 GMT

Jim Fields has posted video of his single-place HoneyBee G2 in flight:

power sport flying

Brent_Brown — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:47:16 GMT

anyone get Aug? mag?

Strong quake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand

Chuck Roberg — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:15:57 GMT

I hope all our gyro friends in New Zealand are OK and doing well.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc...ex.html?hpt=T1

Illinois Valley Gyro crash

GnuPooh — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:58:01 GMT

Hey anyone know more about this crash:

http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/...airport_wreck/

It seems like there's not much left. I can't even tell what type of gyro it is...

hurricane Earl her we go again

Caribean_gyro — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:07:10 GMT

still working and is windy outside and water all over. road home is 1 hour away, thru mountains, hope I dont get stranbded. gyro, Yak,rotorway and cessna secure at hangar.

wife not tied yet. so I have to rush home and nial it so the wind wont blow it.

This is our normal life in the caribean

:drum:

unmanned drone wandered skies near the capital

GrantR — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:31:22 GMT

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot...ations-capital

Oops!:suspicious:

Happy Birthday Ed

Joe Pires — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:55:25 GMT

Today is Ed Lemoine's (edypaul) birthday. 53 years old. Hope your havin some fun.

Tom Carlisle and colon cancer

TomCarlisle — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:01:31 GMT

The cancer was diagnosed in January, 2008 and I was told it was untreatable, fast acting, and always fatel. They said I had less than 2 months. That was in Albuquque. We came home to Gallup not in too good of a mood. Our neihboor, a cancer suvivor, asked if we had been to the Gallup Cancer treatment Centerfor a second opinion. I did'nt even know we had a Cancer Treatment Center. I went up there and they accepted me as a patient. They started chemotherpy and I'm still here. My outlook is that when God is through with me here, HE will call me home. I'm looking for the reason HE has kept me here. Meanwhile, God and chemo are keeping me here. thank you all for your prayers and careing. my e-mail is gary.carlisle@Yahoo>com.

happy birthday birdy!

Redbaron — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:12:03 GMT

happy birthday david, hows the moos doin?

Real Aircraft Loses Wing, Lands Safely (Under Canopy)

flyfish — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:20:15 GMT

A Rans S-9 Chaos piloted by 22-year-old Dino Moline lost its wing during an air show routine in Argentina, Sunday. Because it was equipped with a Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) full-plane parachute system, the pilot survived uninjured.

Check out the video here .... http://www.freetoadventure.com/video...ses-wing-lands

RIP Robert S. Hoover 13 AUG 2010

magilla — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:48:29 GMT

Hello everyone,

Robert S. Hoover, a pioneer in the aerial application of the VW engine and in designing and building homebuilt airplanes, passed away on Friday, 13 August, 2010.

He had been valiantly fighting an aggressive form of cancer.

He had a terrific blog on vw airplane engines, using your brain and making your own decisions, and building airplanes from scratch.

A veritable human tome of information, but my favoite part was his incredibly dry wit and sense of humor. He was also famously irascible at times, especially with people that couldn't think for themselves.

You need to read the stories he wrote about his adventures bringing "Grendel" (a VW Bus) back home in the 80s to really appreciate the type of man that he was.

Peruse a couple pages of his blog to see what kind of a writer, intellect, and pioneer that he was.

http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/

"Flying, homebuilt airplanes, working with wood, riveted aluminum, welded steel tubing, fabric, dope and common sense. Gunsmithing, amateur radio, astronomy and auto mechanics at the practical level. Roaming the west in an old VW bus. Prospecting, ghost towns and abandoned air fields. Cooking, fishing, camping and raising kids."

I never personally met him, but through correspondence and the yahoo users group for vw powered airplanes, I think I got to know him pretty well.

RIP, Bob. Thank you for all your help, and my deepest condolences to your wife and family.

Frank Robinson Retires!

PW_Plack — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:00:53 GMT

The torch is passed at Robinson Helicopter. Full story here.

H2O2 Industrial Accident

PW_Plack — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:55:29 GMT

I wanted to bring it to everyone's attention. Erik Bengtsson, "PeroxidePropuls" here on the forum, was seriously injured in an industrial accident last month, and his factory and all stock destroyed in the ensuing fire. The announcement is now gone from his website, but at the time, said this:

On July 22, 2010 Peroxide Propulsion suffered a terrible accident at our production facilities in Gunnilse, Sweden. Founder and co-owner, Erik Bengtsson, was working at the plant with a routine procedure when hot hydrogen peroxide steam exploded in his face. The plant subsequently burned to the ground. All stock of propellant grade hydrogen peroxide was destroyed in the fire.

Erik is currently hospitalized and listed as stable. After being temporarily blinded his vision is returning. Peroxide Propulsion, however, will not continue operations. We ask for your understanding in this matter, and wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our customers these past years...

The website now has a note simply announcing that operations will not resume. Erik, we thank you for your contributions and fascinating work, and wish you a speedy recovery!