R22 vs rotor way
Hi Ron,
Thanks for this excellent report and all your work you have put in it.
I am a long time commercial helicopter and fixed wing pilot with 12 000 hours and I am now retired.
I had an infatuation with the Rotorway helicopters for a long time but I was so financially and otherwise diversified (sailboat offshore cruising) that owning or building a helicopter was really never an issue. It still actually isn't.
There is a fellow who has bought an unfinished kit recently, so I may yet get my hands on one.
I have flown the Bell 47, the Hughes 500 C and D models, the Bell 206 and the Bell 212, and the Sikorsky S-76A. I used to instruct on the 212 and the S-76 and I feel that I have the required tender touch to still fly a small helicopter? I am now 67 years old and feel that I am still quite capable of doing stupid things.
I presently own and fly a pristine 1976 Cessna 150 and I really enjoy it.
I have not told you this for any reason other than that I liked your letter and that I feel that you are a kindred soul.
Good luck with whatever you end up doing. Best regards,
Joe Hessberger