Must say, I'm also waiting for jump take-off's to become common in the next generation of gyro's. Problem is it's expensive and complex to make this a reality.

For the average recreational flyer, who cannot afford helicopter flying, gyro's offer 90% of what a helicopter can do for 10% of the price, which makes it really attractive. To me gyro's are also a much more relaxed craft to fly as there is so much less to go wrong, and they are not nearly as comple...

My name is Glenn Poley, and I'm very fortunate to be able to have my hobby being my career as well. I'm presently a captain on Boeing 737's at SAA. After flying trikes and gyro's for some time (from Microland and Kittyhawk), have taken a break from that and have a share in a RV at Stellenbosch. The ...

Sure is Ray on the right, and Hilton to his right. I'm on the extreme left (Glenn Poley) and that's an airline friend of mine (Brian Woods) who flies for Mango as a co-pilot next to me.

Some of the trikes from the "A" Team from Microland landing at the Middleburg toll plaza before it was officially opened (15 yrs ago in 1998).

Guys, this is a sensitive subject for the RAF guys clearly. In order to have a balanced view, I think we need to be careful of making statements about the RAF, without substantiating them. There is no doubt that the RAF, possibly more so than other gyro's, in the hands of an inexperienced, pilot who...

Mud slinging never works.

Up until last year I was a F irst O fficer (or co-pilot) with SAA, until I got my upgrade to Captain, hence the "FO" for the first part of my username. I also flew gyro's up until end of last year as well, until I bought a share in a RV, hence the "Gyro" for the 2nd part of my username. Guess I shou...

Amazing flight. Could we get the exact stats? Flight time, fuel used, average speed? Must have had a numb backside after that!

Figures from my gyro (before I sold it): At Sea Level: 90mph IAS (which equals 144.8 km/h) gives a TAS (or Groundspeed with no wind) of 130km/h. Thus overreading by 14.8 km/h. Flying at Joburg elevation: same 90 mph gives a TAS of 140km/h. To summarise then, the guys at the coast are not travelling ...

Zulu I think you are spot on. Any cockpit with a curved surface like a fish bowl will create a local low pressure, so I would imagine the airspeed indicators on aircraft that have a nose cowling will all over read by a large margin.

Ok, I'm seeing a trend so far that confirms what I thought, and that is that microlighters generally don't really understand the difference between IAS (Indicated airspeed) and TAS (True Airspeed). TAS is not one's indicated airspeed corrected for the wind (that is groundspeed). It's the indicated a...

For me it's interesting, and I'd like more response first before commenting. Once it's run a lot longer I'll tell you why I ran it. Anyone on this forum can vote, no matter what you fly. Unless one is flying a turbine, EAS (Equivalent airspeed doesn't really come into it as that is the airspeed corr...

I would like to see how most pilots on this forum work out if they are flying into a headwind or tailwind. Do you normally compare your indicated airspeed to your groundspeed on your GPS, or do you actually know what your True Airspeed is and then compare that to your groundspeed on the GPS?

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