CopterBob
Member
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2006
- Messages
- 35
- Location
- Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Aircraft
- Brock style gyrocopter, scratch built
- Total Flight Time
- 350
I trailered my simple old Brock style gyro (hoping to sell it) over the Cascades to the big Arlington, WA EAA fly-in and had a great time flying and explaining gyros to bunches of people. To my surprise I got an invite to fly mine during the afternoon demo time in the ultralight area along with the manufacturers. Couldn't do anything too flashy, but simple "real slow" flight down the runway, hover into the wind, a single 360 degree pirouette, and a steep descent to a near zero rollout landing got a great response from the crowd. I was the ONLY gyro on the field at the time, to the best of my knowledge. A dealer's Sparrowhawk (which he graciously gave me a ride in) was there for a few hours Friday before disappearing and one other dealer's gyro for a few hours on Saturday. (Sorry for forgetting your names) Not sure why such a lack of gyro attendance. There weren't enough people for a planned PRA chapter meeting.
It's still amazes me at how many "aviation nuts" haven't actually seen a gyro fly in person. The Arlington EAA chapter put on a great event at a great facility, very professional but still with a friendly, local feel. I hadn't been to an event with my gyro in years and had forgotten how much fun it could be.
It's still amazes me at how many "aviation nuts" haven't actually seen a gyro fly in person. The Arlington EAA chapter put on a great event at a great facility, very professional but still with a friendly, local feel. I hadn't been to an event with my gyro in years and had forgotten how much fun it could be.