August, 23rd, 2019 : Gyrocopter

xoxoxoBruce • Aug 22, 2019 11:38 pm
You’ve seen many news stories that start off, or at least contain, “a Florida man”.
Well this time it’s a Florida boy, and he must have been mortified when they mentioned his “little Willie”.

At St. Petersburg's Albert Whitted Airport in August 1963, little Willie Wynperle, decked out in his Cub Scout uniform at 10 years of age, sat in what passes for the cockpit of a gyrocopter.


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These days he’d probably get his patches torn off and drummed out of the troop on a bicycle sitting backward
for risking the reputation of the organization. You know, if something bad happened one of the million mothers,
or some other group, would blame the scouts because of his attire even if they weren’t in any way involved. :rolleyes:

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Gravdigr • Aug 23, 2019 9:29 pm
Joey, did ya ever see the inside of a Turkish prison?
sexobon • Aug 23, 2019 10:37 pm
The in-flight meal is a gyro.
burns334 • Aug 23, 2019 10:43 pm
What could go wrong?
Gravdigr • Aug 24, 2019 1:43 pm
Really, really bad haircut?
Griff • Aug 24, 2019 4:43 pm
Gravdigr;1037388 wrote:
Joey, did ya ever see the inside of a Turkish prison?


I did lol.
xoxoxoBruce • Aug 25, 2019 12:44 am
Don't encourage him he'll hurt your ribs. :yesnod: