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When N.R. Boyce opened his brand new Ford dealership in 1917 selling the Model T, he likely never imagined his business staying in the family and going strong 100 years later. That’s exactly what has happened however! Today, the third oldest Ford dealership in the state and one of only 32 to hit the century mark in the nation is operated by N R Boyce’s great-grandson, Dennis ‘Denny’ Kenyon.
a few cuts on the face and couple of teeth knocked out, i understand. the chopper has not fared as well. the helicopter was totaled, completely totaled. unusable. within an hour, a rueful dennis is not just walking and talking, he s giving the news conference he had always hoped to avoid. dennis, the safety evaluator, has to assess his own performance and realizes where he d gone wrong. he d forgotten one adjustment to his program and had fallen victim to the high density altitude at the airfield that day. as soon as i started the maneuver, i thought this helicopter is performing fairly normally so i ran in at the normal height, at the normal speed. he was too low and too slow for this place and time. there wasn t sufficient air space to recover. at that density. on a cold day in england, it would be more than adequate. in the 50 years prior to his crash, at least ten american and
european pilots died doing this maneuver in air shows. so dennis survival is astounding. i think it s pretty miraculous that he walked away from this crash. how hard he hit that ground. i wish i was religious, but if there is a god, it s got to be him. dennis recovery is so quick, he s able to get back into the game, performing at another world competition later that same year. that s where i got fourth this time. so, still got in. so still got it in me. as these cameras have shown us, a brush with death could be closer than most of us would like to think. it can come to those who court it and those who take every precaution to avoid it. it visits the novice and the world-class champion. but if you re lucky enough to cheat death, it s not such a bad thing if your little miracle is caught on camera for all to see. i m contessa brewer. that s all for this edition of caught on camera.
dennis kenyon, a former british royal air force pilot, is a legendary flyer who has logged thousands of hours aloft. i m up to 14,000 flying hours. i ve flown 124 different types of airplane which includes 34 helicopters. his aeronautic skills are on display in numerous feature films. i ve done, i don t know, probably a couple dozen feature films. i did spy who loved me, blackhawk down. and he serves as a flight safety expert. my job is going around, looking at shows, and making certain they are safe and watching other pilots. what he s most famous for is helicopter aerobatic flying. since 1986, dennis has been a leading competitor, winning the world championship in 1992. one of the cups up there behind me is for the first place.