Originally posted by Post Hole
"embed itself in the pilot's forehead. It was not a serious injury"
Holy smokes, what DO you call a serious injury??? Reminds me of the Monty Python "It's only a flesh wound! Come 'ere and I'll bite ya!"
.You havent see anything until you see a blade let go on a full size Benson Gyro.
Did a lot of damage to the rotor blades and caused a lot of vibration .
My friend was sweating it out coming down with a 15* nose down and no engine.
The landing was fine but new blades were ordered and we had the cheek plates and head forks X-Rayed.
Another pilot was flying and thought something let go and he also felt a sting in his upper back.
He decided to land even thought the Gyro was flying fine.
Getting out of the seat he saw blood.
Someone on the groung shot him with a 22 but the seat took most of the punch of the 22 and the bullett was just under the skin
