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Welcome to the Summer 2015 Gyrocopter Experience Newsletter with gyroplane news, updates and information from the UK and around the world.
World Air Games in Dubai December 2015
The world Air Games are being held in Dubai from 2nd to 12th Dec 2015. The event, which represents the pinnacle of competitive aviation events, is organised and controlled by the FAI (The World Air Sport Federation). Event Director Kevin Robinson, from Gyrocopter Experience Algarve, is working with the organization committee to plan the games. Kevin says ?The venue for the Games is spectacular within the Marina area of Dubai, this will be an amazing competition bringing different forms of aviation together in a friendly but competitive environment."
The Gyrocopter Experience will be well represented at the event with Instructors Steve Boxall (Gyrocopter Experience Basingstoke) and Remco van Ravenzwaaij (Gyrocopter Experience Netherlands) heading up the competitors.
For more information about the event Click here for contact details.
Latest news from Norman Surplus and G-YROX
Norman Surplus is in the final stages of his inspirational autogyro circumnavigation of the globe. At lunchtime today Norman took off in G-YROX from Egilsstadir in Iceland routing across the sea directly to The Faroe Islands with an expected flight time of between five and six hours - that's a seriously long time across the water!! We've been tracking his journey all afternoon and it looks like he has arrived safely at The Faroe Islands this evening. Fantastic news!
Over the next days Norman will hopefully journey from the Faroe islands to Oban via Stornaway before he returns to his home base of Larne in Northern Ireland. The end is definitely in sight!!
Norman is raising money for bowel cancer UK and donations can be made via his website. Track his progress in the final stages by following the link below - Good luck Norman!
Track Norman by satellite tracker
Gyros for hire at York
It?s here.. Gyroplane Hire..! Jim Hughes FI(G) based at Rufforth has started a new Gyrocopter hire business. The idea is to give PPL(G) holders the opportunity that pilots of other forms of aviation have with regards to accessing Gyroplanes on a charter rental type basis. The Gyros can be ferried to other areas of the UK for use or can be flown from York.
Contact Jim to discuss - Tel 07966 450212 / Email jim@gyroplanehire.co.uk www.gyroplanehire.co.uk
From Ecuador to Costa Rica by Gyro
Gyro Instructor Guido Scheidt from The Gyrocopter Experience Costa Rica describes how he demonstrated the capabilities of gyros to government agencies in Ecuador in a Cavalon Gyroplane before flying it to his home base in Costa Rica.
Click here to read the article.
New UK record - 16-year-old Felix flies solo in a gyro!
Too young to drive? No problem, let's fly instead! 16-year old Felix Marshall went solo for the first time at The Gyrocopter Experience Basingstoke.
We don't know who was most nervous - his instructor Steve or his mother Andrea (it was her Calidus that he was flying ....). Felix, meanwhile, was as cool as a cucumber! Don't know if there are any younger solos that we know of?
New Full-time instructor at Oxford
Ex- SCUBA diving instructor, climber, racing driver, race-car constructor and occasional driver of vintage and veteran cars (no, we're not making this stuff up!), Clive Rose joins Andy Jones as a full-time Instructor at Gyrocopter Experience Oxford. Clive has traded the daily commute into The City to pass on his love of all things Gyro to his customers who include a nurse, an ex-RAF fast jet pilot, an Oil Geologist and a Rocket Scientist (seriously! you couldn't make this up). He still gets eMails from National Rail and texts from TfL which serve to remind him the hassle he's left behind to land this dream job.
To reserve Air Experience or Training flights with Clive please drop him an email at clive.rose@gyrocopterexperience.com or call him on 0777 333 8020North vs South Film to be released in the UK late August
Following the premiere at The Edinburgh Film Festival, the feature film North vs South, directed by Steven Nesbit is due be released in around 20 cities around the UK at the end of August. Plans are also underway to then release around the globe.
Phil Harwood from The Gyrocopter Experience York did some gyro flying for our very brief part in the film.
For more information about the film & a trailer follow the link below: http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/2015/north-v-south
Stop Press!
- Gyrocopter Experience Perth operational Full-time!
- York Flying Club Fly-in and Open Day Sunday 30th August
Kevin Whitehead is now living the dream having given up the day job to work full-time at The Gyrocopter Experience Perth. To book an introductory flight or discuss your training email Kevin.Whitehead@GyrocopterExperience.com or call him on 07411 747272
The York Flying Club are holding a Fly-in and Open-Day at Rufforth Airfield East / Gyrocopter Experience York on Sunday 30th August. An action packed day is planned, with all day BBQ, hangar tours, trial flights in flex, fixed wing & gyros, or a chance to try flying with your feet firmly on the ground with the a go on either the BMAA's flex wing simulator or a demonstration of the Gyrocopter Simulator FM
Flying (Gyros, Flex or fixed wing!), driving, riding or walking in, all welcome, plenty of room for everyone! More information will be available via the York Flying Club Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/355847591278042/
One great sport..... lots of great locations
The Gyrocopter Experience operate in Scotland, Northern Ireland, York, Devon, London Area (3 Locations) as well as the Algarve, the Netherlands and Costa Rica. Click on the names of the locations on the Gyrocopter Experience homepage for more details. We expect to open two more locations in the UK and one in Canada later this year. Watch this space for details.
Must Fly!
The Gyrocopter Experience Team