Old flying pics

[Lee Scatt]

My Dad found these old photos the other day. I scanned them, we'll see how they look. They are from about '92.
The top row is me and my Dad at Valkaria FL., my gyro, #5.
The bottom pic is our old flying group departing Rockledge FL. Me and my dad fore, Al Dorsey, Copter Bob patting up his rotors and Danny Wellbourne in back.

 

[jcarleto]

Great pictures. They have a 50's look to them. It is amazing how much change there has been in gyrocopters over the past 2 decades.

*JC*

 

[Mike484]

Love seeing older pictures, it's our heritage.

 

[Earthboundmisft]

:boink:Hey whos the ugly guy in the first pic?! Man that gyro with your pop in the picture sure looks clean and light. How did you ever fly it without a stab?
NOW you have to teach me to post pics!!

 

[Lee Scatt]

That's Steve McGowan isn't it? Or is it Amelia?
I didn't know you needed a stab back then. I loved the way it flew.
Even more so when I hung it under DW's.
I can embrace CLT entirely, still debating the H Stab, although I would never discourage one.

 

[fiveboy]

Great stuff! But put these through a program like Picassa (google.com and its free) and tweak up the contrast and color balance. These can look a whole lot better!!

 

[Lee Scatt]

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A few more, the UH-1N was my main mode of transportation downrange at the AUTEC project, Andros, Bahamas. I got about 4 hours sticktime.
The annual toy run for tots. I usually ride in this. In the second pic, the bikes are still crossing the bridge way back in the background.
We used to fly over a lot of H2O.

 

[barnstorm2]

Great shots!

Is that an Arrow engine?

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[scottessex]

Looks like an Arrow GT500. (65hp)

 

[Earthboundmisft]

Yep its an Arrow 500. I have it and its 2 siblings in my shop if anyone is interested. One runs fine, one has gearbox problems. and the third is stuck. Got lots of other goodies too. Daddy needs a new Warpdrive!!

 

[Earthboundmisft]

Scatt, that shot of you over water looks like the golf course, and thousand islands in Cocoa Beach right? Used to skim past there in my Hydrostream haulin balls.

 

[Lee Scatt]

Thanks Tim, I hope someday to be able to take a shot rivaling yours! The scanning left the vertical stripes, but I'm actually surprised at the quality.
Yes, thats an Arrow, and I loved it, hated it.
Mike, that is C.B. When we flew out of Rockledge, that was the narrowest part of the Banana river on our way to buzzing the beach. I think Copter Bob Marlette took the pic.