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One of Jim's (& my) big criticism's of Larry was his lack of "build-manuals" .... The big Golden was severely lacking in assembly instructions! My Aurora - has a pretty fair build manual. ( 80%) - the last 20 % we had onsite assistance from Larry! I can possibly find my files on the Aurora...

Well - the ones that travel to events are mostly owners/fliers of more modern designs! We offered 3 special AWARDS and cash prize for "Classic Bensens" at this spring's Bensen Days 50th anniversary event. - also the 70th anniversary of Bensen's first flight in the gyro glider - next year we...

A huge wealth of maps and high quality pictures are posted - chapter by chapter gallery on his website - first gyro.net. and friends can add theirs ...the family did most of the organizing of the photos - as best they could!

At every opportunity I POINT OUT ...That Norman was the FIRST (gyro to circumnavigate the globe ...even if it took many years longer than planned!) At Mentone that year in 2019 - We awarded Norman the first Marion Springer Award ( service & inspiration to the gyroplane community) Many are very...

Nasty Gnarly "tiger-terrain" ...TRUE! Sadly - that flight was away from the regular track over the more open areas!

BACK TO PRA -matters ...yes Kevin & Vance may see fit to delete the off-topic tread-drift posts. Today I received my new plastic PRA membership card. Bobby has taken on the task to send out these smart modern cards to all current members. He resurrected the card printer that JR had begun to...

Thank you Matt for an excellent, well thought out suggestions. I think a LOT of what you listed has great merit. I'm pretty busy this month with my local EAA chapter 88 fly-in -this Saturday and then every Friday in Sept for the KDOT -Aviation Fly-Kansas promotional activities at various rural...

How exciting - yes over controlling is absolutely a tense /ham-handed newbie "thing" .....I see you are checking out my early lessons thread! We all started there! It seemed to take quite a few hours until my CFI clapped me on the shoulders( - tandem) ...saying "That one was all you" - on...

I use no-ethanol 91 octane - available at local fuel stations - Nusser Fuels - I paid $ 3.85/gal last week. I use it in my Polaris Ranger UTV and Hustler lawn mowers, and Honda generators also. (It is the only grade - with no ethanol currently available locally) ...When the local little...

I have been faithfully watching their reports for the Mentone 2024 segment. Must have dozed off and missed that one! :ROFLMAO: I was working the gate-shift on Wed morning when they stopped by & greeted them with the pre-arranged complementary wristbands- it was pretty quiet as mostly a...

Wonderful - always exciting to hear of a new gyro pilots first lessons! ...takes me back to those heady days in August 2011 - when I started my flying journey! Bridgeport Texas with Desmon Butts in his MTO sport with 100 HP 912 ULS. He had one of the first two MTO sports - newly entered the...

Yes ...my instinct is to wait couple of years until the dust has settled on that sad sorry affair and memories have faded!

Copied from KS DOT - Aviation FB page. *Kansas Aviation Tour 2024 Announcement* Every Friday in September will be a Fly-Day! This year's Kansas Aviation Tour will feature fewer, longer stops. Aviation-industry professionals will stop at two airports (one in the morning and one in the...

I’m sure we could try again - EAA was approached in the past & we were turned down!

Was that of Steve McGowan with the cool mountain-like cloud background?

Well I just installed one - replaying the video /pausing over & over - while I waited for software downloading! Hope I got it right - I suppose I'll see something different next flight???? The physical install - super easy & I loomed up all the wiring coils into a neat tube, zipped tied off...

I'll write a reminder to BOD members & especially Tyler to email all our pictures/videos to you Bobby. I'm sorry that we all have such busy, distracting lives that even what we all agree are great ideas for promotion of PRA events - we drop the ball in the execution phase ...I haven't even got...

At this point, I think not this year - much as I love the drive west on I 40 .... I really felt back in April that the 3-4 day(each way) road trip to Florida for Bensen Days really knocked the stuffing out of me and I told my son that if I started to think about doing it again - to "whack-me...

I thought Tyler had a whole slew of great photos & video! I will send you what I took on my iPhone. ...as you know age takes it's toll on our after-trip-recovery time & there is always the distractions ...onto the NEXT thing - for me getting my flight-review accomplished and working on duties...

Canned food has relatively short "use-by" date - I feel 25 year lifespan packaged dried & freeze-dried items seem to be a better "food-security" hedge! Unless you actually like & USE canned foods & refresh/rotate the supply - just leads to total waste! Patriot pantry /4Patriots - have pretty...