Don: What happened to the turbine powered pressurized Velocity with
ballistic chutes on the engine and airframe? If you are a direct descendant
of Bill Gates, you may be able to afford the Velocity and a helicopter.
I soloed in 59 in a Cessna 150, an Aeronca 7AC and an Aircoupe. Flew a
bunch of SEL since including a Benson Gyro that I built. I now have my own
Safari helicopter having soloed in it in 97, got my H add-on 4 yrs ago. I
can afford to buy a Bell 47 but I can't bring myself to pay exorbitant
prices for parts that I could make myself. Experimental helicopter has been
keeping me entertained for some time. We even now publish the Experimental
Helo magazine (an enterprise not designed to be non-profit, but is
exhibiting all the characteristics)
Definitely afraid of my wife, but she bought me the plans for the Safari as
a surprise Xmas gift. She has 20hrs dual logged in the Safari and does the
major layout and organization of the magazine.

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Stuart Fields
Experimental Helo magazine
P. O. Box 1585
Inyokern, CA 93527
(760) 377-4478
(760) 408-9747 general and layout cell
(760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell

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"Don W" wrote in message
om...
Hi Guys,

My name is Don and I'm an alco... whoops. I mean to say
that I like to fly helicopters.

After flying fixed wing since 1973, I made the mistake of
taking a helicopter "discovery" flight last year, and now
I'm hooked on landing in inaccessible places and taxiing
in the air. Help me please!! My log book now is sprouting
entries in the "other" category, and my finances are draining
at an amazing rate.

Since I'm too old to be thinking of a second career as a
helicopter pilot, I can't for the life of me figure out
why I keep paying $250/hr to go fly a device that can
only carry my instructor and me + 2 hours of fuel.

How do the rest of you control yourselves?

Don W. --new to the group, but ready to chat about
rotorcraft, flying, etc.