Sport Pilot Pioneer Ken Brock
ARTICLE DATE: 1987 AUTHOR: Stormin’ Norm Goyer While Thousands Of Us Have Enjoyed Ken Brock’s Gyrocopter Performances At Airshows All Over The Country, Few Realize…
Gyrocopter
1987 Popular Rotorcraft Association National Fly-In
THE WINGS SWING AT PRA’S ANNUAL ROTORFEST It was the biggest aviation event of its kind in history — but with out a single airplane!…
Sport Copter Vortex Gyroplane
ARTICLE DATE: June 1995 Sport Copter’s New Vortex Kicks the Gyroplane Revolution into High Gear! Worn… Gee… Neat… Holy Smokes… Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SportCopter/…
Learning To Fly A Gyroplane
Dual gyro instruction in an RAF 2000 turns out to be an eye-opener ARTICLE DATE: March 1997 PHOTO ABOVE COURTESY: Daniel Popinga My wife and…
Fixed Wing Gyrocopter? Try A Trike!
ARTICLE DATE: March 1997 First question: What’s a trike? In aviation, trikes are two-axis weight-shift flying machines capable of speed ranges as low as 22-50…
Robbie R22 – Robbie R44 – Gyrocopter
An Aussie Reminisces ARTICLE DATE: 2006 Back in the late 70s early 80s when most of us still had dark hair, I had “gold fever”…
Gary And The Gyrocopter
December 1978: This pilot graduated from hang gliders to his own gyrocopter. ….Several years ago I was all excited about building my first flying machine….
The Gyrocopter Is Fun And Easy To Fly – Why Not Try One?
ARTICLE DATE 1969: Stop for a moment and think back to when you were a child. Remember that little personal “flying machine” you used to…
The First Rotax 912 Engine
The Rotax 912 was designed especially for homebuilts. Is it just the tip of the iceberg? OCTOBER 1991: A sure sign that the homebuilt aircraft…
Spry Rotorcraft at Raleigh Durham Fly In
PAGE SHAMBURGER tells it as it was at Raleigh-Durham during the PRA’s annual fly-in/trailer-in show. Quite an (un)convention! ARTICLE DATE: January 1969 THE POPULAR ROTORCRAFT…