Jim,

You said that we had 4 Kellett's at Spring Hill and 2 crashed. I think the electric Kellett sort of crashed on takeoff and the other one was never attempted. Jim's Kellett has crashed so many times that I don't think it has any of the original pieces. Jim put a Co-Pilot on the Kellett about a week before Spring Hill to try and stabilize it but it also crashed after 20 seconds into the flight. He thought it was the Co-Pilot that caused the crash but they re-installed the Co-pilot in an airplane and it worked OK. I think the Kellett's would have done better on Friday with the wind from the north. The wind was from the South on Thursday which was a cross-wind and Kellett's and most gyros don't like that.

Phil