Racer
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2006
- Messages
- 1,594
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
- Aircraft
- Air Command CLT N7512X
Ron Awad was flying with my girlfriend Dawn and did the best dead stick landing I have ever seen.
I will do my best to describe in words what I saw.
Ron and Dawn were basically hovering about 6 or 700ft directly above the runway when Ron asked the flight boss for permission to do a dead stick landing. Permission was granted and then you heard the Yamaha go completely silent.
the gyro's nose fell and started into a spiral straight down towards the runway, everyone in the bleachers where I was setting gasped not knowing that this maneuver was on purpose. Falling straight down in a beautiful spiral Ron pulled out at the perfect altitude and just hovered above the runway and gently touched down with a gentle kiss of the tires landing directly under where he started the maneuver.
The crowd went nuts with applause, that was the prettiest engine out I have ever seen ever.
Did anyone catch this on video by chance?
I will do my best to describe in words what I saw.
Ron and Dawn were basically hovering about 6 or 700ft directly above the runway when Ron asked the flight boss for permission to do a dead stick landing. Permission was granted and then you heard the Yamaha go completely silent.
the gyro's nose fell and started into a spiral straight down towards the runway, everyone in the bleachers where I was setting gasped not knowing that this maneuver was on purpose. Falling straight down in a beautiful spiral Ron pulled out at the perfect altitude and just hovered above the runway and gently touched down with a gentle kiss of the tires landing directly under where he started the maneuver.
The crowd went nuts with applause, that was the prettiest engine out I have ever seen ever.
Did anyone catch this on video by chance?