www.PSFmagazine.com | March-April 2018 | 29 28 | March-April 2018 | Powered Sport Flying SEE WHAT’S NEWAT SPORT COPTER! 34012 Skyway Dr Scappoose, OR 97056 (503)543-7000 information@sportcopter.com www.sportcopter.com by Christine Toevs Gyro Adventures In the three months from June-September of 2016 I lost my three best ‘mates.’ Our beloved 10 year old boxer dog Bonzer in June, a month later my husband of almost 30 years, “Farmer Jim,” died suddenly, then my beloved 91 year old mom, my travel/adventure buddy. The first and last were expected and mentally braced for but Jim was an unexpected blindside! When 2017 rolled around I embarked on a new journey of rediscovery of myself as an individual, after so many years as a team/couple. Of course my love of flying gyroplanes was central to this new mission in life, and I incorporated the promotion of the Titanium Explorer brand we are marketing in North America as well as completing the missions we had planned for July 2016 and Easter 2017 that got derailed after Jim died. In January I was closely watching the weather pattern across the Gulf Coast from Houston to Florida, as the right weather window would Adventures of a Gyro-Gypsy! Christine Toevs shares the beginning of her travels as a gyro gypsy with a trip from Kansas to Florida. Southerland Airstrip
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