TJMay
Gold Supporter
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2006
- Messages
- 485
- Location
- Santa Rosa Beach, FL
- Aircraft
- RAF 2000 GTX SE and Air Command Elite
- Total Flight Time
- 175
I've been a voyer in this forum for several months now and it's time to come out of the closet.
My name is Tommy, born in Atlanta, 61, mostly retired and now living in nortwest Florida.
From the time I was around 10 and first saw a picture of the Benson gyrocopter in the back of Mechanics Illustrated, I have fanticized about flying in one. After discovering the Rotary Wing Forum several months ago and reading everything you guys have said, I've a lot about gyros; the mechanics and the theory of flight in them.
Recently, I got a wild hair, grabbed the wife and drove to Brewton Alabama whre I took a test flight with Dofin Fritts. From that moment on, I've thought of little else.
I found a 2003 RAF with 120 hours in south Georgia, dragged it to Brewton to be checked out by Dophin and upon his word, inked the deal with the owner. Dofin has diassembled, inspected, cleaned her up replacing bearings, belts, cables, etc. etc. over the last couple of months and we are now ready to be inspected. Once that is done, I start training.
I've attached a pre-rehab photo and will take more as I become familiar with the machine and flying it.
Thanks to you guys for sharing all of the knowledge you've accumulated through your experiences.
My name is Tommy, born in Atlanta, 61, mostly retired and now living in nortwest Florida.
From the time I was around 10 and first saw a picture of the Benson gyrocopter in the back of Mechanics Illustrated, I have fanticized about flying in one. After discovering the Rotary Wing Forum several months ago and reading everything you guys have said, I've a lot about gyros; the mechanics and the theory of flight in them.
Recently, I got a wild hair, grabbed the wife and drove to Brewton Alabama whre I took a test flight with Dofin Fritts. From that moment on, I've thought of little else.
I found a 2003 RAF with 120 hours in south Georgia, dragged it to Brewton to be checked out by Dophin and upon his word, inked the deal with the owner. Dofin has diassembled, inspected, cleaned her up replacing bearings, belts, cables, etc. etc. over the last couple of months and we are now ready to be inspected. Once that is done, I start training.
I've attached a pre-rehab photo and will take more as I become familiar with the machine and flying it.
Thanks to you guys for sharing all of the knowledge you've accumulated through your experiences.
COOL DEAL!
