Homer
Bell, Augusto Cicare, Cicare, Glenn Ryerson, Helicopter, Kit helicopter,
home built helicopter
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July 22th, 1999
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It turned out to be a 561 mile trek from my hangar (Glenn's garage) in
eastern Pa to Homer's corn n bean field near Hillsboro Ohio. The trek took
a tad over 12 hours, all of which was almost non stop driving, all the
while me being perched up on Glenn's crappie - open trailer...
We rolled into Homers field either at 4:20am Friday or 5:20am, can't
recall. Just as my pilot found his parking spot across the field from Homers
barn we both notice the lights in side the apartment the Bell's have built
in the barn switch on. Next thing we know, Homer pulls up in his golf cart
next to the car n trailer, gives him a ride to the barn as I sit in the
morning dew.
After a half hour or so, my pilot returns, reclines the drivers seat n
pops off for a long nap since is is still dark. What seemed a short
time later, just as we both were falling off for a needed rest, we hear
a set of whirling wings winding up breaking the early hazy dawn tranquility,
it was Homer heading out to breakfast with his helicopter. The above foto
was taken as Homer returns from his breakfast meeting with his fellow farmers
an hour or so later. Yes, my pilot is the type that will pop up out is
a sound sleep, grab a camera just so he can snap a foto of a passing
helicopter. He is so much a helicopter devotee that at home he often keeps
his 8mm video camera ready just in order to capture the sounds of over
flying helicopters..................... Sick isn't he.............
This foto was taken Friday. Seems Homer always parks his bird
across the road and operates from his own portable heli pad which also
doubles as a trailer.
Here is our host giving us drivers a few words of wisdom n caution during
our first day.
N here U C Homer's progress on his Heli Cycle, looks pretty good
so far doesn't it.
Here they are putting Homer's bird in the barn early Sunday morning. His
logic was ifin he puts her in, it shouldn't rain, well, it didn't rain
much, but I too got to hide in the barn for a hour or so just before my
driver removed my blades n loaded me up on that God forsaken open trailer.
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