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    Hello from France

    Hi Serge, are you coming along to the Gyro Week-end in Sweden May 24-26? I'm sure others from France will be attending... Cheers Erik
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    FATAL - BRAKO Gyro 65-QX, Geville, Meuse, France 23 SEP 2022

    Mike, been there, done that... Even worse, the small field was inside other fields about to be harvested. I had to find an auto trailer on a sunday and we borrowed a small tractor with a mower. What a job....
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    What did you/do you do for a living to fly gyroplanes?

    Yes, she does have a way with words.
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    What helmet and comms are best for Gyroplanes?

    After checking here (especially a post from David McCutchin) I bought a Flycom. Expensive, but very good. I had to remove the neoprene flap because the face shield kept fogging up. I even still have it open until I start the takeoff run. Is there any way I can keep the neoprene flap without the...
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    What did you/do you do for a living to fly gyroplanes?

    Funny how many gyro pilots flew R/C. I started 45 years ago and it seems like the hobby has been in a decline for many years. Planes and 600 size (130 cm rotor) helicopter with a 4 HP electric motor.
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    Danish Gyrocopter Union hosts 3-day International Meeting at Danish island "Samsø"

    Wilco. Just have to get it into the air again. I do have plans this year. But I am very rusty and far from a CFI. Cheers Erik
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    What did you/do you do for a living to fly gyroplanes?

    I am semi-retired and will be fully retired in about a month from now. My gyro was at the time a good offer (on FaceBook of all places) and was bought off an inheritance (maybe, it is a bit blurry). The last two years I've been working seasonally at sea, mainly on our line to Germany, ferrying...
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    Danish Gyrocopter Union hosts 3-day International Meeting at Danish island "Samsø"

    BTW, I forgot we do have a place to meet when flying around. It's a FaceBook group named: "Piloter på Tur". In that I announced a friend and I will be flying a tour of Denmark. As there is no fun in flying to empty fields, I asked when someone would be present. And if there was the possibility...
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    For Our European Friends

    Hi all. The Swedes host a gyro weekend on 24.-26. of May. We already know pilots (often with backseaters) from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and France are coming. Last year at Samsø was a great success (see my post in this forum). Come with us and make it even better this year! I have attached...
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    Danish Gyrocopter Union hosts 3-day International Meeting at Danish island "Samsø"

    This year it will be mainly at Oskarshamn (ESMO) airport with dinner and an overnight stay at a local hotel. I'm taking the whole package: Landing at a small castle, BBQ and overnighting at the Gyrocopter club at ESMI, then airport hopping until we eventually reach Oskarshamn. Next day we part...
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    Forum Donations

    Hi Kevin. Yes, I can share my entire journey. In 1967, at 10 years of age, I saw the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice". And I thought: I want a Gyrocopter - someday. Forward to the mid-80's. I imported a Rotax 477, so I could build an AirCommand. But I got the wrong gearbox, so it ended...
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    Glassy Water Landing in a Gyro?

    Well written - been there - done that. Cost me a new undercarriage bow...
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    Forum Donations

    Wow! I had not thought that many people were cheap..... I'm a foreigner - and I pay. This forum must survive. Cheers Erik
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    Gyroplane Engine Out. Emergency Landings

    Hmm, I have been told: A gyro is an aircraft with a rotating wing. So shouldn't the disc behave much like a fixed wing ground effect wise with wings at that height?
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    More fun flying The Predator.

    I made a hard stop-and-plop landing early last summer. I made a perfect landing full stop - above the runway....I flew just once right afterwards. Then I discovered I had partially broken the undercarriage bow. Found a nice used one in Germany. And then I did a lot of expensive maintenance...
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