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You could do ten times the work of the original builder (indeed, most restorations are like that) but that doesn't make you the...

That will not fly in our FSDO. It is considered illegal.

Its more than that. Its the principal of exercise. "The principle of exercise states that those things that are most often repeated...

You touched on one of the challenges I see for pilots learning to fly gyros. The rotor is a very effective break after landing. Its...

Abid, the type rating requirement for turbines is only for turbojets in airplanes, not all turbines. Helicopters with turbines don't...

Not that I have noticed. That said, it can be pretty rough to fly a gyro in the winter, depending on what part of the country you are...

When I was flying demo flights for Sparrow Hawk and later Xenon gyroplanes. We flew out of Fon Du Lac airport. We worked very well with...

Very sad. Trying to fly at Oshkosh UL area is like a game of Chicken and you cannot control what the other people are doing. I hate...

Some of my students have reported that the simulators were counter productive to actually learning to fly. Small things like not...

For me, I take full advantage of altitude planning. If I am going somewhere, I fly with the most favorable winds. Typically quite high...

Actually most light aircraft don't fly at 10,000 AGL or fly at 170 KTS. Below is a rather typical flight for a light airplane. 6000...

I don't see much of a reason to fly IFR in a gyro, either. They aren't very good cross country machines to begin with, and I doubt...

Yep, you don't need a roof, lights or wipers on a car. You could restrict yourself to sunny days. But most people only have one car...

When I lived in California, we got real flyable instrument weather. In Colorado, it's either VFR or don't even drive.

Because you can and it makes the aircraft more useful. For example you have a crazy idea to fly 200 miles in your gyro. You would...