michaelgorham
Heliman
Location: Crawfordsville, IN USA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Thanks Ralph and Larry.
It was actually a very emotional time for me - as some of you know, I didn't move to America until 7 years ago and the last time I saw dad was during a visit to Mum in Thousand Oaks, CA about 30 years ago.
I've seen Robert a few times relatively recently and we've reminisced over a beer in the Palace bar, Prescott, AZ.
Obviously with an arm paralysed I don't fly though dad did send me a Cricket back in '82 and I easily built it using my foot as a second hand!
Mick Wilshire of World Engines kindly designed and made a TX for me with 4 functions capable of being operated with one hand, the main stick having vertical and horizontal with twist for the third function and a side lever with a loop for my little finger to operate the throttle.
To cut a long story short, I am the only person in the world to fly a Cricket inverted - while it was on a long tether! When I say fly, that was when it crashed upside down. Maybe Robert could do it but I just could not co-ordinate 4 functions with one hand!
If I come to the Jamboree next year, can someone tell me how to hire a golf cart as that rough ground in my wheelchair played havoc with my back. Preferably one with those two dolly birds in!
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I'm sure you've bumped into him by now.
