Vance
Gyroplane CFI
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2003
- Messages
- 16,765
- Location
- Nipomo,California
- Aircraft
- Givens Predator
- Total Flight Time
- 2400+ in rotorcraft
I love this country and I love to travel.
I have been on the road for since July second and am home after driving a little over 8,305 miles.
I stopped by to see a gyroplane friend in Montana and visited several delightful small museums along the way to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
I headed down to the National Air force Museum in Dayton Ohio stopping at the Waco Museum and learning center in Troy, Ohio on the way to pick up Mike at Chicago/Midway to attend the Popular Rotorcraft Association Convention in Mentone, Indiana.
Mike and I had a wonderful time at the Convention judging for the various classes of gyroplanes. It is truly a joy listening to stories about the love and thought that has gone into the various machines.
Greg made lemonade out of a rainy Friday and we had a wonderful two part gyroplane discussion in the classroom that I hope happens again next year. A lot of good information was exchanged.
After the convention I headed off to North Carolina to see my friend Jim who I have known for 60 years. He is a newly rated instrument pilot of a new Cirrus SR22 and a recently displaced native Californian. He lives in a beautiful house on a lake and has a hangar/home at a local airpark.
We got four hundred miles of flying in and visited the NASCAR museum in Charlotte despite random popup thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Jim beat me in the NASCAR simulator.
On the way up to Oshkosh Sunday I stopped by a small town car show.
Sunday afternoon I arrived at a friend’s house in Oshkosh where I had rented a bedroom for three days.
Air Venture was a delight and I attended 12 seminars in three days and learned a lot.
I visited with lots of friends, and made some new ones; finding value in every exchange.
I saw lots of eye candy and purchased some new switches for the cyclic controls in the Predator.
I made the difficult decision to miss the night airshow and left Wednesday afternoon to get an early start on the 2,240 mile drive back to Nipomo, CA and home. Thursday I learned the night airshow was postponed due to a storm.
The drive home was delightful; staying in Avoca, Iowa the first night and in Beaver, Utah the second night where all the lower rooms were flooded by a flash flood just before my arrival.
I returned the Prius to Avis Friday afternoon on her averaging 51.7 miles to the gallon for the adventure.
It feels good to be home with my Ed and I hope to go flying tomorrow in preparation for resuming flight instructing next week.
I had my seventy second birthday on the road and it takes me longer to recover than it used to.
I have Prius lag and when I sit still it feels like I am still moving while sitting at my desk.
I have been on the road for since July second and am home after driving a little over 8,305 miles.
I stopped by to see a gyroplane friend in Montana and visited several delightful small museums along the way to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
I headed down to the National Air force Museum in Dayton Ohio stopping at the Waco Museum and learning center in Troy, Ohio on the way to pick up Mike at Chicago/Midway to attend the Popular Rotorcraft Association Convention in Mentone, Indiana.
Mike and I had a wonderful time at the Convention judging for the various classes of gyroplanes. It is truly a joy listening to stories about the love and thought that has gone into the various machines.
Greg made lemonade out of a rainy Friday and we had a wonderful two part gyroplane discussion in the classroom that I hope happens again next year. A lot of good information was exchanged.
After the convention I headed off to North Carolina to see my friend Jim who I have known for 60 years. He is a newly rated instrument pilot of a new Cirrus SR22 and a recently displaced native Californian. He lives in a beautiful house on a lake and has a hangar/home at a local airpark.
We got four hundred miles of flying in and visited the NASCAR museum in Charlotte despite random popup thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Jim beat me in the NASCAR simulator.
On the way up to Oshkosh Sunday I stopped by a small town car show.
Sunday afternoon I arrived at a friend’s house in Oshkosh where I had rented a bedroom for three days.
Air Venture was a delight and I attended 12 seminars in three days and learned a lot.
I visited with lots of friends, and made some new ones; finding value in every exchange.
I saw lots of eye candy and purchased some new switches for the cyclic controls in the Predator.
I made the difficult decision to miss the night airshow and left Wednesday afternoon to get an early start on the 2,240 mile drive back to Nipomo, CA and home. Thursday I learned the night airshow was postponed due to a storm.
The drive home was delightful; staying in Avoca, Iowa the first night and in Beaver, Utah the second night where all the lower rooms were flooded by a flash flood just before my arrival.
I returned the Prius to Avis Friday afternoon on her averaging 51.7 miles to the gallon for the adventure.
It feels good to be home with my Ed and I hope to go flying tomorrow in preparation for resuming flight instructing next week.
I had my seventy second birthday on the road and it takes me longer to recover than it used to.
I have Prius lag and when I sit still it feels like I am still moving while sitting at my desk.
, you must be partying to hard or trying to do it to quickly! I try to stretch my celebrations out over several days..
