I agree the gyroplane accident rate is too high;

[Tyger]

When I was a kid people would sometimes say, "Be careful", as a form of goodbye.
Now what I hear all the time instead is, "Be safe" (note the subtle difference). They might as well also say, "Be rich", while they are at it.

 

[Jazzenjohn]

I sometimes tell people to drive fast and take chances knowing that nobody is likely to listen to me anyway.

 

[Smack]

My intention when I use "be careful" or "be safe" or "fly safe" is to convey my wish that they are careful/safe.
Maybe the subtle reminder that someone cares about your safety has weight in itself.....

 

[StanFoster]

My sister used to be terrified of motorcycles and my flying. She just wasnt a risk taker. Finally I told her one day that she could go sit and hide in her closet , and death would still find her.

That snapped something in her head and I soon had her going for rides in my SparrowHawk....and she especially loved aggressive turns.

 

[ventana7]

Without trying to be flippant, life is not safe. The use of brains and common sense is applicable to all...all the time.

It however has not prevented huge numbers of becoming Darwin Award contestants in every field of life, including all types of flying.

On a slightly lighter note, on a serious subject, the awards do offer a slightly macabre touch of levity. Please forgive if this is deemed inappropriate.

Darwin Awards: Evolutionary Action

Darwin Awards: Vote for the Award Nominees! The Darwin Awards commemorate the (remains of) individuals who contribute to the improvement of our gene pool by removing themselves from it. Enter this portal for stories from the Darwin Awards.

darwinawards.com

The Corona Virus is going to be giving us a new crop of Darwin Award winners- unfortunately they will be taking hospital workers and other innocents with them.

 

[Tyger]

I sometimes tell people to drive fast and take chances knowing that nobody is likely to listen to me anyway.

"Taking chances" isn't really the same as "taking risks", when you think about it. A "chance" is an opportunity. Whereas a "risk" is a danger. They don't always go hand-in-hand.

 

[anthom]

 

[TyroGyro]

A British colleague on a recent revalidation flight, with one of my previous instructors at my home airfield.
The instructor teaches to Gyropedia standards and beyond.

 

[bugflyer]

That camera setup was great...any idea how the system is set up?
smiles,
Charles

 

[TyroGyro]

Hi Charles

I think he has Go-Pro chest and helmet (including rear facing), and mast camera both forward and rear facing. Sometimes keel and H-stab cameras too.

On his channel you will also see some great 360 degree films which you can manipulate in "real-time".

One of the best gyro YouTubers in the World, imho.

StuWithAView

A selection of videos of flights in my MT-03 gyrocopter and Cessna 182S through the beautiful British scenery

www.youtube.com

And he flies around my home patch, so I learn a lot from him...

 

[JETLAG03]

@TyroGyro he has excellent videos clearly explained

 

[Resasi]

Nice to watch.

Good video, good patter, easy comfortable instructional technique, thorough reval.

Chap doing the revalidation seems up to scratch.

 

[TyroGyro]

Having had several instructors, my 2c on what is a good instructor.

1. Calmness. If the instructor is not calm at all times, neither will the student be. And a tense student is a poor student.
2. Encourage. Praise the student for what he does well. Accept mistakes with total equanimity. The student is there to make mistakes.
3. Do not build an instructor/student barrier or wall. Try to positively break that wall. The student is not a child, and is looking for a friend in the air. Fly "together".
4. Accept feedback readily, and encourage discussion. The instructor just might learn something too.

Of the 4 instructors I had, 2 had all of the above, one had most, and one was lacking in most...

 

[JETLAG03]

Except for the language difference, watching the video was akin to my training with my instructor, clear, concise and calm.

 

[Greg Vos]

Except for the language difference, watching the video was akin to my training with my instructor, clear, concise and calm.

Yes but was he gyropedia proficient....

 

[JETLAG03]

Yes but was he gyropedia proficient....

No, but we did discuss it, he rejected the idea only on the basis that I have so far been his only native English speaking student. I am also a fully paid up member of Gyropedia, I seek all possible avenues of knowledge, better to ask a foolish question 100 times than make a fatal mistake. For me the cost of Gyropedia equates to 1 hours training with my instructor.

 

[TyroGyro]

Of course, the Gyropedia can be integrated with any national training syllabus, and so far 4 non-English speaking countries have their syllabi mapped to the Gyropedia "International Lesson Structure."

I well remember a guy from the Czech Republic coming to York in 2017 to do just that...

My own training followed that structure, despite learning in the UK (and Portugal)

 

[WaspAir]

Of course, the Gyropedia can be integrated with any national training syllabus, and so far 4 non-English speaking countries have their syllabi mapped to the Gyropedia "International Lesson Structure."

There is no national training syllabus or lesson structuring for any category or level of flight instruction in the U.S., whether ATP multi-engine airplane, commercial glider, private balloon, recreational seaplane, or sport gyroplane.

We have a list of mandated subjects of instruction for knowledge and experience, and performance standards for proficiency, but nothing approaching packaged lesson plans or any mandatory sequence of instruction. The FAA does not endorse any particular syllabus (although currently, they seem to like the idea of scenario-based efforts, based on what one hears at CFI renewal clinics). Each CFI gets to choose or create (in whole or in part) his or her own. As a CFI, I, for one, appreciate the flexibility. There are plenty of helpful sources out there from which to draw ideas and adapt them to the instructor, the student, and the setting.

[Admittedly, some of my preference originated in a different context. I spent many years teaching Calculus, and in that time there were several attempts to teacher-proof the curriculum by forcing rigid adherence to pre-canned lessons (successfully resisted in my institution). ]

 

[TyroGyro]

I think it may be mostly semantics, WaspAir, but not being an instructor it's hard for me to comment.

But I never got the feeling that the training in the UK was structured to the point of inflexibility, and as I have indicated, we didn't directly use the UK "syllabus" in any event.

Ironic, as Phil Harwood of Gyropedia co-wrote the UK PPL(G) "syllabus" in 2009....

 

[Greg Vos]

A British colleague on a recent revalidation flight, with one of my previous instructors at my home airfield.
The instructor teaches to Gyropedia standards and beyond.

Tyrogyro,

I think it may be mostly semantics, WaspAir, but not being an instructor it's hard for me to comment.

But I never got the feeling that the training in the UK was structured to the point of inflexibility, and as I have indicated, we didn't directly use the UK "syllabus" in any event.

Ironic, as Phil Harwood of Gyropedia co-wrote the UK PPL(G) "syllabus" in 2009....

Tyrogyro if your go a few posts back you will see I did try to explain that Phill along with Kevin and two other scribes were the guys who were authors for the UK PPL ( G)

Question is? Do you guys think that we as CFI’s with quite a few hours of instruction under the belt having gone from grade C through grace B and then finally after a strict evaluation finally a grade A (CFI) us who were not trained with the aid of gyropedia are any less qualified?
No one is knocking the program or saying we can’t adapt to it or add parts of it to our program, but please don’t think our instruction methods or training program is inferior.

Flying in SA is very regulated, this makes the training very structured and the local CAA do in depth audits on schools and instructors, instructors also have to attend yearly instructors meetings at the CAA, or risk losing the instructor rating’

I get the feeling that some circles of thought on this forum think that instructors who are not paid up members of the gyropedia are somewhat lessor? I hope I’m wrong ?