Some people love to paint or cook in their spare time; while others, like George "Gyro Jake" Jacob, get a kick out of building their own homemade aircrafts. More specifically, Jacob designs, builds and flies “gyroplanes”—parthelicopter, partairplane, DIY flying machines with an evergrowing following. Having handbuilt more than 20 of these aircrafts, Jacob has seen his Floridabased cohort of fellow enthusiasts grow from a small weekend club to a group with more than 100 members. Now, with the advent of factorybuilt gyroplanes, the sky's the limit.

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