George Moore wrote:

Paul,
   That was Rusty Nance's great looking, "mile high", tandem Air Command
that suffered the New Horizons PSRU failure.  Rusty executed a couple of
evasive flying maneuvers to avoid trees only to be greeted by a wire
fence that he realized that he couldn't clear, so he was forced to cut
short his flare and landed hard !  Most of the damage was confined to
the landing gear, and he is confident he'll be flying it again by the
Rotors over Carolina Fly-In beginning Oct. 12.

Rusty and his Gyro, along with Gary Buster and Steve McGowen have really
done a great job in proving the case, for the Rotary Engine in Aviation,
to the Rotorcraft Community. Although there are a couple of other Mazda
Rotary powered trainers being flown by CFI's, I'm only familiar with
these guys, and know the incredible number of people that they fly and
teach.  I'm sure that you noticed, at Bensen Days, how much time they
were in the air !

At least Rusty didn't have to test his new Ballistic Chute.  I hope he
never has to !

George

 
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