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Und als letztes - sowie als Krönung - der Luftfahrzeuge aus dem Haupthangar, das folgende Exponat. Ich habe lange gebraucht, bis ich die Maschine identifiziert hatte. Weder die Leute im Museum konnten mir helfen, noch die Bitte um Hilfe im neuseeländischen Luftfahrt-Forum "Wings over New Zealand"! Erst der direkte E-Mail-Kontakt mit weiteren Mitarbeitern des Museums brachte Auskunft.
Es handelt sich - kurz gesagt - um einen "Hintz Tragschrauber" (obwohl der Antrieb des Rotors sowie der Heckrotor eher einen normalen Hubschrauber vermuten lassen), einen Eigenbau, wahrscheinlich nach Plänen aus USA. Wie die folgende Auskunft (die ich hier im Wortlaut wiedergebe) aus Tauranga besagt, war der einzige Start wohl so wenig erfolgreich, dass es dabei blieb - und die Maschine nach dem Tod des Eigentümers im Museum landete.
Hier die Auskunft von Jack Browne ("Volunteer" des Classic Flyers Museum):
"The information as it was related to me is as much as I can tell you, as the owner is now deceased. I knew the man fairly well.
His name was Ron Hintz and he had a property about 10 minutes southeast of the township of Te Puke. The gentleman was given to building all sorts of odd items, having quite a good engineering mind. He owned a Bolkow aircraft which he flew very well indeed, so when he saw an advertisement for a kit-set gyrocopter he thought he would like to see if he could fly that as well.
I was told that as far as could be recalled the kit-set came from America, the name could not be remembered. No nameplate or serial number available. As you saw the whole copter was driven by belts, and I gather that the engine was mounted partly on it's side.
When completed Ron did a test-flight which was not a very long one. He put on engine power and the machine rose vertically into the air to about 40feet, or just under 13 metres. I understand it was held there for a short time, then the engine began to falter. With it being mounted on an angle it is recalled that the sparkplugs began to 'oil up' and the machine came back to earth, making a fairly heavy landing, and fortunately with no injury to the pilot Ron.
I understand this was the one and only flight the gyrocopter ever made, when this was is not known, but when the owner passed away rather than dispose of the aircraft as perhaps scrap it was donated to the museum to be put on display, and you were able to view it on your visit.
The Bolkow aircraft which Ron owner was hangared on the property, with sufficient airstrip length to comfortably go back and forth from his home. I was with a local country school group one day, on his property. He had a very pleasant bush walk and a number of schools took advantage of doing the walk at times. During our visit on the lunch break Ron got the aircraft out, the children looked at it and asked questions, he then started it up and took off to do a very capable series of aerobatics for the gathered children and teachers etc. On his return the applause was spontaneous."
Es handelt sich - kurz gesagt - um einen "Hintz Tragschrauber" (obwohl der Antrieb des Rotors sowie der Heckrotor eher einen normalen Hubschrauber vermuten lassen), einen Eigenbau, wahrscheinlich nach Plänen aus USA. Wie die folgende Auskunft (die ich hier im Wortlaut wiedergebe) aus Tauranga besagt, war der einzige Start wohl so wenig erfolgreich, dass es dabei blieb - und die Maschine nach dem Tod des Eigentümers im Museum landete.
Hier die Auskunft von Jack Browne ("Volunteer" des Classic Flyers Museum):
"The information as it was related to me is as much as I can tell you, as the owner is now deceased. I knew the man fairly well.
His name was Ron Hintz and he had a property about 10 minutes southeast of the township of Te Puke. The gentleman was given to building all sorts of odd items, having quite a good engineering mind. He owned a Bolkow aircraft which he flew very well indeed, so when he saw an advertisement for a kit-set gyrocopter he thought he would like to see if he could fly that as well.
I was told that as far as could be recalled the kit-set came from America, the name could not be remembered. No nameplate or serial number available. As you saw the whole copter was driven by belts, and I gather that the engine was mounted partly on it's side.
When completed Ron did a test-flight which was not a very long one. He put on engine power and the machine rose vertically into the air to about 40feet, or just under 13 metres. I understand it was held there for a short time, then the engine began to falter. With it being mounted on an angle it is recalled that the sparkplugs began to 'oil up' and the machine came back to earth, making a fairly heavy landing, and fortunately with no injury to the pilot Ron.
I understand this was the one and only flight the gyrocopter ever made, when this was is not known, but when the owner passed away rather than dispose of the aircraft as perhaps scrap it was donated to the museum to be put on display, and you were able to view it on your visit.
The Bolkow aircraft which Ron owner was hangared on the property, with sufficient airstrip length to comfortably go back and forth from his home. I was with a local country school group one day, on his property. He had a very pleasant bush walk and a number of schools took advantage of doing the walk at times. During our visit on the lunch break Ron got the aircraft out, the children looked at it and asked questions, he then started it up and took off to do a very capable series of aerobatics for the gathered children and teachers etc. On his return the applause was spontaneous."
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