Mon, Aug 30, 2004
Keck's Helicycle Wins Again
(Note: With all the hubbub surrounding the first commercial
flight into space, Oshkosh and the political conventions, I
overlooked a submission that definitely deserves your attention.
Please... read on --ed.)
It was a Thursday morning, July 16th. The still air over
Hillsboro (OH) was filled with the sounds of rotor blades and
arriving motor homes. During the course of the weekend over 500
people and 56 helicopters converged at the Bell-Air Ranch.
Homer Bell's Helicopter Fly-In began 20 years ago as an
experimental helicopter event with mostly Rotorway products showing
up. Recently there has been everything from Rotorways and
Helicycles to Jet Rangers and Hueys. This year there were more than
50 helicopters of all types. Among them, there were 9 Eagle R&D
Helicycles, several Rotorway EXECs, Baby Bells and a couple of
Rotorway Scorpions along with commercial helicopters such as
Brantleys, Jet Rangers, R22s, Enstroms, Bell 47s and more.
Two Rotorway Execs flew in from Western Canada -- one of them,
the turbine powered Rotorway Exec that started the Jet Exec craze.
That ship is owned by Russ Gerrish of Calgary, the other Canadian
Rotorway Exec is owned by Al Behuncick of Red Deer. The turbine
powered Rotorway Exec won the "Reserve Grand Champion Turbine
Powered" award and Al won the "Farthest Distance Flown to Homer's"
award.
Helicycle N571DK owned by David Keck of Georgetown Texas walked
away with top honors being awarded "Grand Champion Turbine Powered"
and the coveted "Builders Choice" award which is voted for only by
helicopter building peers. The "Grand Champion Piston Powered"
award went to Terry Everhart of Florida and "Reserve Grand Champion
Piston Powered" went to Mike Mazar of Michigan.
FMI: www.kitcopterconsult.com
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