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Greg Spicola and Abid stopping by on Monday
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I called Greg Spicola today....thank you Gabor for giving me his number.....and they are planning on stopping in Paxton Sunday night and will be out to my shop on Monday. I would like to take them to the shooting range....but will play it by ear with how much time they have. I would love to have dad get a ride in that georgous gyro...but we will see. Pictures next week. I want to fly alongside them and take some video and air to air shots.
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| Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:21 pm |
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Greg called and they should be at Paxton...my hometown around 1 p.m. CDT. I told them to come hungry....as I will fill their bellies with all the squirrel they can eat!.
Dad is on notice that he gets a ride in that Apollo! Pictures tonight including videos from my Helicycle getting real close to the Apollo. Stan |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:21 am |
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Pictures..... or it had never happened!
 _________________  A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:31 pm |
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Gabor wrote: Pictures..... or it had never happened! It is a modesty thing Gabor Normal people do not eat squirrels , let alone allow photographs of it !!! |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:11 pm |
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Greg and Abid stopped by and we had a great time. The four gay...I mean happy guys all packed in my Ford and off we went for some walleye dinners on me......Greg was going to take my 93.5 year old dad up and its the least I could do.
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:33 pm |
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That's awesome. Man that's a long trip by all means.
_________________ A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:36 pm |
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Dad will never forget you Greg. Thanks so much....you are my hero.
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:42 pm |
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Went to the stairshop...then Greg took dad flying. Dad was flying it by himself.
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:45 pm |
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Dad was actually flying here....Gregs hands are in the air.
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 6:53 pm |
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
 _________________ “If things go wrong, don't go with them.” ..... ― Roger Babson “People say there are thousands of options we have in life. I say we have only two: we can either be happy or be unhappy.” ..... ― Pawan Mishra |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:01 pm |
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Cool deal, I have flown that machine, first Gyro I have been able to land by my self. Greg and Abid are good people. I bet your Dad loved flying that machine.
Had he ever taken the stick in your RAF or Sparrow hawk when you had them? those air to air shots are cool. bet those guys loved your helicycle also. |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:36 pm |
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Tim- Yep.....dad has taken the stick in both my RAF and the SparrowHawk. He even took off in my Quicksilver MX one day years ago. I just told him a few things about it...and said....aw....go fly it! He has a picture on his desk that's been in his heart ever since 1985 when I took it.
This was a wonderful day. Thank you so much Greg and Abid. Looking forward to pumping some lead down range when we have more time next week. |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:01 pm |
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Arnie- That picture with dad in the Gyro...and the guy with a Pepsi shirt....is Dave Lafary. The guy 2nd from the right is Luke Ehmen.
Man....this is what life is all about.....paying back to the man that exposed me to flying in the first place....my DAD!!!! I could write a book on that guy. He was an MP in the Army,,,,,and talk about a tough dude back then. He is of course 93 years old...but you should have seen him years ago. |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:19 pm |
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That is so cool Stan !!!! |
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:43 pm |
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Arnie- Luke is 2nd from the left....I incorrectly said from the right. He has the beard.
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| Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:47 pm |
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Stan. That's was a really cool thing Greg and Abid did. I'm glad your father enjoyed it. Way to go!
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| Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:54 pm |
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They came back for more! It was a treat and an honor having these guys back to my stair shop....and then we went to the gun range. We all had a lot of fun.
Look at the one picture with Greg inside....and all the engineers on the outside reverse engineering my chopper. I feel an Abid helicopter someday. Those four guys are sharp as tacks. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. |
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| Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:53 pm |
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Next we went to the gun range.
They had to watch a safety video...then go to the range with a range officer. Greg and I had a squirrel match. Mine is on the right......I had a plate full of squirrels to eat if they had been real. We shot them at 15 yards. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. |
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| Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:57 pm |
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Greg could actually fly it
 _________________ A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension. The fact that I am dragging a body should be entirely irrelevant! A simple thank you would have been enough for the morning coffee without all that "how did you get in here" nonsense. |
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| Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:58 pm |
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Are they on the way back to Florida, or do they have other shows to go to? are they taking the AG-1 to mentone?
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| Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:23 pm |
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