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man builds aircraft in vivian more than one motorist on hwy 48 north of ballantrae in the past year has blinked stared and craned his neck and asked himself what was thatl- somewhere above in the sky they saw or thought they saw a man ijaeated in a chair and propelled forward by a chopping rotary blade that- was exactly what the motorists were robert briggs who hves on cherry st near concession 7 likely was out swooping gliding and hovering in his gyrocopter a oneman helicopter with a volkswagen engine mr briggs a former member of the canadian opera company today drives a school bus in stouffville and spends many hours in his spacious basement workshop producing aircraft of various kinds he recently sold his lastmade gyrocopter and now is 80 percent complete on a tiny two- man airplane that is reputed to travel at speeds over 200 miles an hour as for gyrocopters they have been a part of mr briggs life since 19s7 or s3 when he built his first one the machines are crafted so that they require a runway in order to take off and will leave the ground at about 25 miles per hour the predecessor of gyrocopters were gyrogliders motorless crafts which first were pulled behind german u- boats as observation devices tve done the same thing only behind a car mr briggs said he built a gyroguder and used to go up in it at the good wood airport towed behind a vw it consisted of a framework with a seat and two broom- control mechanisms today mr briggs is developing his 10th project including his current aircraft he has worked on four gyrocopters four air planes one true helicopter and one gyroglider t the uncompleted airplane in his basement mr briggs feels will be quite different from all previous projects thisll be a change he said the plane should be able to reach florida in one hop 1 and mr briggs hopes to have it com pleted in time to fly it to the international ex perimental aircraft association convention in wisconsin next year earlier planes that mr briggs built generally would cruise around 75 mph as compared with 200 in his current project the plane a kr2 model designed in the united states is being made by mr briggs basically from scratch it consists of a wood fuselage and fibreglass and polyethylene wings and tall the wing span is 21 feet which mr briggs describes as pretty small when you see it lined up even with a cessna 150 the kind of engine to be used in his kr2 plane will be different from the runofthemill vw engine since it will have 8590 horsepower as compared with the 5860 variety used in gyrocopters his plane will seat two people com- and will have retractable wheels he estimates its potential worth to be 10000 i really cant wait to get that thing finished be said home base for operating his plane will be markham airport he used to take off in his gyrocopter from a turf farm located at vivian rd and concession 6 said i have never had any dose calls although he did have the odd scrcps or two t v the plane must go turough a vigorous round of inspections and ap provals before mr briggs will be granted a per- manent licence for it regarding the building and flying of gyrocopters mr briggs isa bitmore cautious my honest opinion of that type of- aircraft is that i wouldnt encourage anyone to build one be said if a persons really bent on it i would do anything to help them plane maker teas formerly the tribune thursday august 19 1s 3 as to whether he is afraid of flying his miniscule airship mr briggs replied i build a operatic tetlor lot of safety into what i do safety is foremost both in the building and flying of it through the years he robert briggs of cherry street north of ballantrae puts together part of the tailpiece for the lightweight plane he is building in his basement workshop mr briggs has been building small aircraft including oneman helicopters for 17 years vivian robert briggs a home builder of airplanes and gyrocop ters does not have a typical background it would seem for his avocation it is true that he did spend four years in the royal air force but not as a pilot later mr briggs spent eight years as a lead tenor in the canadian opera com pany and during that time took part in 12 television performances and five tours of canada it was the touring that caused him to quit i had to get out of it he said vthe opera company would puy high schools and community halls and it just wasnt opera there would be no orchestra and little scenery or props only as much as could be carried to a gray coach nevertheless mr briggs still could get back into opera again i love opera and classical music he said today mr briggs drives a school bus in stouffville and is in the process of completing the i home he now occupies thebaserherit home ms specially designed ioi building and removing small aircraft his building of planes and copters he calls just a hobby the biggest racing weekend ever a w this is one weekend of racing you just cant miss its the only stop in north america for the world sports car 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park v players 200august 2022 organized by c r dasanctioned by cas cfj a but its not just for anybody a person who wants to build and fly a gyrocopter he said needs to have both a knowledge of air manship andbe a good craftsman they have a fairly high accident record mr briggs said he has seen various gyrocopters that he would never fry because they are unsafely constructed people who are interested should join flying dubs to learn the safe con- strucboo and operation of the machines he said he himself- is a member of a dub in hamilton that has monthly meetings and occasional l flyins members in the dub have a halfdozen powered machine and three to five gliders i dont consider gyrocopters as serving any practical purpose said mr briggs you can travel 6575 mp jl in one any faster than that and your face starts to flatten out the crafts generally hold 810 gallons of gasoline and will use up about three gallons in an hour ontarios most outstanding resort hotel secrliurst xnn and country 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