Planning for the worst – Whats your emergency plan
For most pilots the odds are good that survival is the last thing on their mind when they’re preflighting their aircraft for a cross-country flight….
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First annual Air Command gyroplane fly-in
COURTESY: Kitplanes September 1987 – Subscribe 1987: Dennis Fetters of Air Command located at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, always knew he wanted to run a gyroplane…
PRA El Mirage Fly-In 1985
A strong showing at this year’s El Mirage PRA Fly-In heralds a real resurgence in the popularity of the gyroplane El Mirage Dry Lake is…
RAF Gyroplanes – An Editors View
Sling Wing Fling ARTICLE: US Aviator October 1993 When I’m wrong (and I’m caught at it), I freely admit my error. One of my most…
Gyrocopters – The Early Days
On The Ground At The 1995 Indiana Convention Single-Seat Gyroplanes Whether it’s neophytes looking at their first gyroplane, those making a major decision on a…
Flying A Gyrocopter Around Australia
The reason why Otmar Birkner, the manufacturer of these amazing gyroplanes, and I went on a flight like this was to demonstrate the reliability of…
Increasing Gyroplane Popularity
Although the autogyro is almost seventy years old, gyroplane popularity is just beginning to find its place in today’s world of aviation In the early…
The Rising Popularity Of Gyrocopters In Canada
Spectators lined up for demonstration rides. They liked what it they saw, and many were sold The assignment this articles was covering gyroplanes (AKA Gyrocopters)…