And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That is the French SNCASE SE-700 autogyro, not a helicopter so you are always ready to autorotate if the engine shuts off. Seated 3 and could cruise at 137 mph according to Google Image search.
100 years ago there was an autogyro airport a few miles up the road from me. It’s all gone now. http://www.hiddennj.com/2015/06/no-pita-with-this-gyro-earle-eckels.html?m=1
I wouldn't either,but Id love to know its back story.
ReplyDeleteYou'd commute in that one - to your funeral.
ReplyDeleteA prop from the movie Things to Come?
ReplyDeleteThat is the French SNCASE SE-700 autogyro, not a helicopter so you are always ready to autorotate if the engine shuts off. Seated 3 and could cruise at 137 mph according to Google Image search.
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Delete100 years ago there was an autogyro airport a few miles up the road from me. It’s all gone now.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hiddennj.com/2015/06/no-pita-with-this-gyro-earle-eckels.html?m=1
Well, it'll take you all the way to the crash site...
ReplyDeleteWhen I looked at it, I thought, “has to be French!”
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