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   Armin110 | Mar 11, 2003 12:44am | #1

   Thanks to you I just drooled all over the keyboard. What a toy!

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   StanFoster | Mar 11, 2003 01:25am | #5

   Armin:   That machine is absolutely a rush.  I told my wife that taking off in that thing was the second  most fun I have ever had with my clothes on....that was ok until she asked what the most fun I ever had was...I replied..."Landing it" .     ZONK   ouch,..sorry dear

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   larryscabnuts | Mar 11, 2003 01:28am | #6

   Stan,

    Looks like Frasca Field to me.....

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   StanFoster | Mar 11, 2003 01:25pm | #10

   Larry:   That is the Paxton, Illinois airport...just 25 miles north of  Frasca.

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   Armin110 | Mar 11, 2003 02:31pm | #11

   Hey Stan, try this when you need some fly time, but just can't get out and do the real thing.

   http://www.hurtwood.demon.co.uk/Fun/copter.swf

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   CAGIV | Mar 11, 2003 09:49pm | #12

   Guess if I'm bad at that I shouldn't try the real thing hunh?View ImageGo Jayhawks

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   StanFoster | Mar 12, 2003 12:14am | #13

   Armin:   I crashed in three seconds....I think I will stick to my gyrocopter....ha

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   WorkshopJon | Mar 11, 2003 01:11am | #2

   Stan,

   Ever attend EAA Airventure? My sound like a dumb question but for some its a haul.

   Jon

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   StanFoster | Mar 11, 2003 01:15am | #3

   Jon:   I attended OshKosh the year I got my pilots license...that was in 1983.

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   WorkshopJon | Mar 11, 2003 01:23am | #4

   Stan,

   I have a feeling its changed alot since them. I go nearly every year. Living 1hr. away makes it easy. Nice to here you have been flying for so long. That gyro looks like an absolute blast to fly. How much seat time did it take to feel comfortable [flying]it?

   Jon

   Edited 3/10/2003 6:24:23 PM ET by WorkshopJon

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   StanFoster | Mar 11, 2003 01:29am | #7

   Jon:   I had to train myself to fly it.  I had been flying a Cherokee 180  and owned a Quicksilver MX ultralight.  But a gyrocopter beings it is a rotorcraft has its own pecularities in flight.  I just studied and studied..and it took a couple of weeks of taxiing ...adding more power..and just getting the feel of the machine.  As soon as I was airborn...it just felt so natural.  There is nothing like it at all.  It will fly from 0 to 80 plus....I can go over 200 miles in it...and if the engine quits...it is just a nuisance. 

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   CAGIV | Mar 11, 2003 04:31am | #8

   Is it universal that stair guys like gyro-copters (sp)

   Any pics of you flying it, or pics you have taken from it up in the air?

   View ImageGo Jayhawks
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   StanFoster | Mar 11, 2003 04:43am | #9

   I am taking my camera up in a few days.  I will post some pictures.