On the way to
Homer Bell's
Fly In
From Miss Nina's
Vantage Point
This Page was created
July 20th, 1999
.
On the way to
Homer Bell's
Fly In
From Miss Nina's
Vantage Point
This Page was created
July 20th, 1999
.
So here goes.......................
This foto was taken a few nights before on Tuesday the 13th of July. My pilot Glenn had one of his other helicopter pilot buddies (Bob Keiper) come over n surgically remove my two blades n winch me up on the trailer you see below. Hell, the flyin is still a few days away, why does he make me stay out side in the heat n sun during the day n out in the dark all alone at night so many days before we need to leave? I just don't understand my pilot sometime........
Than my pilot has the nerve to hook us both to this old BMW with almost a quarter of a million miles on it for this argues journey down that scary highway to Ohio. Having him fly the blades off me is one thing, but him zooming down the highway with all the other highway pilots weaving in and out scares the coolant out if my 2 radiators n I end up wetting my self........
Funny, my pilot wanted to get on the road by noon but he always got lots of loose ends to tie up, so it was after 4pm before we finally got his old BMW headed west.
The building you see in the foto behind my bumm is where my pilot earned his pennies in order to buy me from these 3 Italian boys in Torino Italy. Like I said earlier, what a class act my pilot he is not, he just sells hamburgers, hot dogs n ice cream cones to make his money, nothing cool at all..............
Than, just after the foto above was taken after saying all the good by to all n I think we are finally on our way after spending 2 day outside (a first for me), the pilot dude Glenn drags me up to this place called "Quick Signs" walks in and a few minuets later walks out with my nacelle his grubby mits with a For Sale sign along with a price tag on my lovely engine cowl. I know his real job is not doing as well as it once was, I know he wants he wants to get out of
