ken watson

1. Do you attempt to get a ride with anyone at anytime when there appears or sometimes doesn't appear to be a vacant seat?
2. Do you have a large number of hours up in a gyro, but simply as a passenger?
3. Do you understand and profess all the virtues and complications of a gyro and regularly enter into deep and long conversations on the theory of flight?
4. Do you fly regularly...... on the computer simulator?
5. Do you read everything available about gyros and profess the virtues of CLT and any safety concerns or remedies for problems?
6.Do you plan to buy an enclosed 2 seater that has to be CLT,PMT,GST,RBT,ITN,NBC,NBN,CBC,BTW,ATO,ELO,EGO,IN XS,and has every bell and whistle including CD,DVD,Blue Tooth< IBM compatable, and carbon neutral?
7. DO you plan to fly to the local shops, travelwidely and fly away for weekends to exotic places?
8. Dream of flying under the harbour bridge or behind enemy lines?
9. Dream of breaking records like the sound barrier?
10. Do you have gyro mag's in the toilet?
11.Are you always just about to buy one but...... or I was going to have a lesson but......?
12.Do you dream of joining the mile high club but you've just got to find someone to join the ground level club with 1st?
13. Do you dream of flying a gyro but regularly get awoke by stick shake?
14.Do you often bypass the purchase of e perfectly good machine because it wasn't quite what you wanted?
15.When you learnt to drive you bypassed that car crap and learnt in a B-double and you figure you'll do the same in the gyro?
16If you were offered a ride in a gyro or with an attractive young lady, you would have to think about it?
17.You don't think your a procrastinator, but on the other hand....could you give an answer in a few days?
If you answered yes to any of these you could be a serial passenger.
THE CURE:
Learn to fly you idiot!
THE METHOD:
Insruction and then buy a basic single seater!
KEN
P.S. IF you intend to call me an arshole , don't bother cause I already know I am.

Birdy2

P.S. IF you intend to call me an arshole , don't bother cause I already know I am.
I was go'n to call you a bored one actualy.
You gota git out n fly more captn.

ken watson

Not many replies. The reason I put this on was tongue in cheek to try and prompt some of the posters to go and do it. Kind of a subtle push. I remember Mrs Mitch saying that it was my sarcastic crap that pushed Mitch over the edge, and to put it mildly he showed me. Seems he learnt quickly and showed no animosity towards me. Top stuff.
I thought I might tell my scenario how I finished up flying gyros.
Wednesday- Went for fly with mate in trike, wife went too.
Thursday- Rang up to buy a new one and told the bloke I wanted to learn in a week.He Told me he didn't teach that way and that if there was wind we couldn't fly. Rang CASA like a typical red neck would. Talked to a nice bloke who said because it is windy were I live that a chopper or gyro was the go. Told me about Rob Glenn at Parkes.
Friday- Rang Rob and said I wanted to learn to fly a gyro in one block, hopefully a week. He asked did I like Gyros. My response was I didn't know, never seen one. I think at this point he whispered "dickhead"and said I'd better go look at one and then decide.
Saturday- Went down to Jaspers Brush and lucky Mike Waldon was there. Yep, that looks O.K. Rang Rob back and he told me to be there Monday and we would start. New nothing about flying only that birds did it. At the end of my time he said it was nice to teach someone who knew nothing and just listened , A BIG SPONGE. Soloed at 11hrs but still did the required duel. Had an engine failure on first solo and landed safely in the middle of a paddock.
Good instructor who knew how to swear and a good bloke.
As you can see I'm a bit of the spur of the moment sought of bloke who doesn't really tolerate procrastinators well.
Just get out there and give it a go like Mitch did.
Ken.

Mitch

Errr! Ken, I think you must have OleKenziemers! You seem to forget ol Mate...I crashed and burned. All in good fun though!

I had a great laugh reading your post Ken, you have a way with words.

Truth is Lameroo is my new solo point...starting over....hoping for fine weather and fun flying, along with catching up with all the mates and meeting new blokes. Wish me luck Ken

And yes it was you KenDamnIt who finally got me G'd up enough to say you know what, KenCanDoItBetter (word is, Ken is a natural gyro pilot as well as a motorcycle racer of considerable note) but heck, I Can Still Have A Go. And Go I did ...Looking forward to adding to the 16 1/2 hrs solo but been a while outta the saddle.

Good stuff Ken keep it up Mate. BIG SPONGE!! Hmmh! Haa! Ha! Ha!
CLT....ELO, EGO, INXS. Classic it reads like it sounds.

Keepemkumminken...whats animosity?

Cheers,

Mitch.