<VV> Corvair Helicopter and Joe Burch

[ricknorris at suddenlink.net]

I have several photos of a Corvair powered air boat from the Williamsburg convention I think.
--
Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com 

---- james rice <ricebugg at mtco.com> wrote: 
> George:  The late Joe Burch from Texas had a Corvair powered Helicopter at
> the Convention in Minneapolis in 78(?)(!) or whenever it was.  I have some
> pictures of it in one of my photo albums.  I have no way of knowing if it
> was the same 'chopper you refer to.  Don't recall him having an airboat
> there, but rattling around in the back of my memory I think I may have seen
> such a critter at a convention sometime.
> 
> Joe had 3 Stingers, and was as crazy as the day is long.  Never stopped
> laughing when around him.  He had a Corvair rally car at the Denver
> convention in the early '80's.  The autocross was at the Castle Rock
> Speedway.  He told a bunch of us he was going to drive the car off course
> and down an embankment, then turn left at the bottom, and reenter the course
> about a 100 yards down.  Bob Marlow was doing the announcing, and I think
> his voice went up at least two octaves as he was talking about Joe and the
> car as Joe did what he said he'd do.  We laughed so hard some of us all but
> fell off the tower we were spectatoring from.  Seth probably remembers it.
> In retrospect, I think it was the funniest thing I've ever seen done at a
> convention.
> 
> Historically Yours
> 			James
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:57:51 -0400
> From: "George Jones" <65crownv8 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> CORSA Future
> To: "Virtual Vairs" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
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> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:56 PM, George Jones <65crownv8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > IIRC, when we held the International Convention at Williamsburg, VA, quite
> > a while ago, we had a Corvair Helicopter as well as a Corvair powered air
> > boat. I don't recall who the owner was, or even if he flew it while there,
> > but it was neat looking.
> 
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