Old pilots and bold pilots.

Termite · Post by **Termite** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:23 am

Bill Wieger, fellow member of EAA Chapter 614, is both. He gets a little reckless in his gyrocopter. It finally caught up with him yesterday.
He's skinned a bit, and rather sore, but mostly OK.

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Netpackrat · Post by **Netpackrat** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 10:53 am

Ouch. Glad he wasn't hurt more seriously.

PawPaw · Post by **PawPaw** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:37 am

That should buff right out. I've got a feeling it will be a while before he's flying that one again.

JustinR · Post by **JustinR** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:06 pm

Looks like he hit a swarm of mosquitoes on short final.

Glad he's mostly ok.

TabascoKid · Post by **TabascoKid** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 11:41 pm

Was that a KB-4?

Aesop · Post by **Aesop** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:13 am

Termite wrote: He gets a little reckless in his gyrocopter.

Care to expand on that a bit?

Termite · Post by **Termite** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:57 am

Aesop wrote:
Termite wrote: He gets a little reckless in his gyrocopter.
Care to expand on that a bit?

One of the most annoying of Bill's habits is zooming up and down the runway about 50ft off the ground during the semi-annual fly-ins........without wearing a headset hooked up to a portable radio. He's engrossed in his flying, has no commo, and may not notice other aircraft coming in to land. More than once, incoming planes on final had to do a go-around.

Highspeed · Post by **Highspeed** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:24 am

I'd guess those blades aren't cheap to replace, is that right ?

What do you think of the safety of gyrocopters in general ?

Highspeed · Post by **Highspeed** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:11 pm

I'm unconvinced by rotorcraft in general, that hasn't really helped. I think I'll find a cheaper way to kill myself

PawPaw · Post by **PawPaw** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:56 pm

Highspeed wrote:I'm unconvinced by rotorcraft in general, that hasn't really helped. I think I'll find a cheaper way to kill myself

Well, there is this thing called the Jesus Nut. I am told that rotorcraft aviators pay particular attention to it.

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