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Esquesing Historical Society Newsletter January 1990, p. 4

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The man who flew the Avian home is Harold Koehler, a Kitchener man, who saw the gyroplane undergoing initial tests at the W.W. airport two years ago and became so interested he offered to test fly It for the builders. He's been doing just that ever since, alternating between the third prototype and the second which is still at the airport, comparing and noting the difference be- tween them. The two gyroplanes are not identical and the comparison tests will determine the best features and modifications. A pilot since 1946, Harold EHS p249 Koehler, first flew commercially in 1958, and until his interest in the Georgetown project, he was a bush pilot in Northern Ontario, Northern Quebec and the Northwest Territories. Commenting to the Herald after his history making flight, he termed his first distance run in the Avian 'routine' He left the departure point-slightly earlier than planned because of a sudden snow squall which threatened to cancel the trip, cruised at 85 to 90 m.p.h. with a slight tailwind at 1500 feet, and arrived over Georgetown five minutes ahead of schedule.

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