Full-down Auto Contest

[cburg]

Jerry Trimble Helicopters to hold second annual touchdown auto contest

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Jerry Trimble Helicopters12 Apr, 12

Jerry Trimble Helicopters (JTH) is looking forward to the 2nd Annual Touchdown Auto Rotation competition to be held at the McMinnville, OR airport on June 24, 2012.

The competition will judged on: straight-in autos. Scoring is based on distance from the pre-established “spot”, technique and the slide distance, if any. Each pilot is allowed 2 full-down auto rotations. All flights will be flown with Jerry Trimble unless the pilot supplies their own helicopter. The cost to enter is $5 which will be donated to a local charity of the pilot’s choice. Jerry Trimble Helicopters will rent the R-22 at the dual rate of $234/hour. JTH offers a “Blow the Rust Off” package for those who wish to brush up on their autos prior to the competition.
“Last year we had a great turnout. I think all the contestants had a good time. We’re looking forward to another fun event this year”, Jerry Trimble said. The competition corresponds with the annual Lions Club Fly-in/Drive-in. There will be an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast served 7AM – 12PM. All proceeds from the breakfast go to the McMinnville Lions Charity Programs. The public is invited to bring their antique, hot rod, street machine, muscle car, motorcycle or other interesting car or airplane and participate in the show. With every breakfast purchase, spectators receive a ballot to vote on their favorite car and airplane. New this year is a category for the “Peoples Choice RV Airplane”. The Coast Guard is scheduled to give a hoist demonstration with the Dolphin and Jerry Trimble Helicopters will be offering $10 helicopter rides all day. Shuttles are available to the Evergreen Aviation Museum directly across the street from the McMinnville Airport.

Give us a call or send us an email with questions or to register for the event 503-577-6371jerry@jerrytrimblehelicopters.com . Visit our website for more details: jerrytrimblehelicopters.com. Space is limited, register early.

Tags: Civil, Jerry Trimble Helicopters, News, US-Oregon

 

[WolftalonID]

This sounds like a fun event!! Full downs are a fun and exciting manuever. I wish I had been able to do more of them as I was training, but the school I trained at only taught them at the CFI level. I always had a competition anyway with myself for accuracy...it made it fun that way. It would be awesome to pit that skill against other pilots though.... Seriously considering the event...

[cburg]

At $245 all you need to do is show up...I could make you look good ;-)

 

I bet his insurance company really looks forward to this annual event.

[cburg]

If you win you gonna put it on your resume?

[nocarsgo]

Looks like you'll need a time machine.

Edited April 11, 2014 by nocarsgo

[pilot#476398]

... but the school I trained at only taught them at the CFI level.

 

Yeah mine too.

 

So I went to Oregon and took Jerry's Touchdown Auto Course,...lots of fun!

[aeroscout]

Looks like you'll need a time machine.

Yeah, I wonder if they still had that as an annual event in 2013, and this year.

[heligirl03]

Yep, it was in September last year. This year is June 22 and they've added a flour bombing contest along with an ADS-B presentation by Garmin. Jerry rides shotgun in his aircraft for all the full downs.

[Boatpix]

Jerry was one of the original rhc factory test pilots and likely has more r22 touchown experience than anyone on the planet. And he still flies almost daily. I started flying r22s in January 1986 and like eight years earlier he was doing test piloting duties in an unknown helicopter that hadn't come to market yet that a Franklin Robinson of Torrance, California was going to bring to market at $22,000.