jucie
Senior Member
Hognose:
I am not willing to win the "sad story award", but the other day a friend of mine told a story I want to share with you.
Some 20 years ago, at Peruibe beach (Sao Paulo - Brazil), there were a group of new gyronauts. This story was told to me by one of that guys. Every weekend they meet together to fly. The wife of a pilot had the habit to relax over his car on a hill nearby, reading magazines while her husband keep flying around. One day he tried to make a surprise to her, passing very low, very near her, coming from behind. Result: Her head has been cuted off by the rotor blades.
I cannot recall any gyroplane accident that injured anyone who was not onboard the gyroplane, ever. Although there may have been a rotor blade strike, now that I think of it, 15 or 20 years ago.
I am not willing to win the "sad story award", but the other day a friend of mine told a story I want to share with you.
Some 20 years ago, at Peruibe beach (Sao Paulo - Brazil), there were a group of new gyronauts. This story was told to me by one of that guys. Every weekend they meet together to fly. The wife of a pilot had the habit to relax over his car on a hill nearby, reading magazines while her husband keep flying around. One day he tried to make a surprise to her, passing very low, very near her, coming from behind. Result: Her head has been cuted off by the rotor blades.