Hundreds of years ago, in Elburn, West of Chicago lived an Indian Tribe.
Even today, during excavations, new and new ancient artifacts are unveiled.
An Indian legend tells us that "once upon a time" Gods descended from heaven in a chariot of fire. They told Indians about the origin of life, universe and shared with them some knowledge.
The legend also mentions that one day one of the chariots crashed.
There were huge balls of fire brighter than the Sun itself. The ground melted and for many months it was so hot that no people could approach the spot too close.
The legend ends here and only mentions that after this crash, Gods came no more to visit.
The tribe set up some sort of stone monument which in time, turned into ruins which finally were covered with earth. Nobody knows anymore where this ruins may be.
One day, in the Spring of 2004, Harry Rossett a retired businessman, PPG pilot and a very good friend of mine, after buying the land where he built the famous Harryport, a true heaven for Powered Paragliding and Ultralight Aviation told me: "I am going to build a new monument here. It will be a copy of Stonehenge".
I have known Harry for many years and he always fulfilled all his promises.
When he started to build the Harryport, I did not believe he would succeed. He did.
But this time, even knowing his creative mind and having proof that he can build anything he wants, I was skeptical.
Harry choose the spot for this monument on the SE corner of his famous hangar which reminds me of Disney World.
The monument is a scaled copy of Stonehenge and it is made of.....foam covered with concrete. This is Harry Rossett's specialty.
I was fortunate to start taking pictured from the very beginning of the work.
The picture below shows a "gate" where the upper part (white) is the foam.
The two vertical columns are already covered with concrete.
Here we see the "Stonhenge Team" at work.
I took this aerial picture while flying above the work site.
Once the foam elements were covered with concrete, the finishing process started.
Harry covered the elements with another mixture of concrete, sand and pigments to make the construction look more "stone-like".
The photo below shows the Harryport hangar on the left, a huge crop circle (out PPG take-off site), the machinery used for the project and the Stonehenge Monument copy itself.
Meanwhile, after two years passed, Harry build more interesting objects: Easter Island megaliths and this fall he finished a huge artificial pond populated with fish.
But these are subjects for different reports..........
Congratulations Harry Rossett!
