Well the week has been fairly low key, people are getting back into the gyrating habit but there is room for more flying now that the weather is generally improving.   I received this photograph from John Rochfort who is enjoying flying his gleaming red Xenon at Dannevirke.   John is flying solo under remote supervision which requires some judgement from afar to provide the right level of encouragement mixed with words of caution.   I am impressed with the level of discipline shown by both John and Paul Scherrer in handling the remote consolidation stage of their progress successfully.

Closer to home more success has been achieved by Bruce Watson who did his first solo circuits on Saturday in RGG, the ex Gyrate school Eagle that he now owns.  The plan is to have him ready to fly to the NZSAA Raglan fly-in at the beginning of November.  By then we should have the new shipment from Germany and aim to display the latest upgrades to the marque including an in- flight variable pitch propeller.

The news of Paul Newman’s death gives me the excuse to include a picture of his namesake who flew his first gyroplane experience with us earlier in the year whilst on holiday from the UK.  I understand that the addictive gyro bug has caused Paul to continue back home with ‘The Gyroplane Experience’ a school operating in Yorkshire  and spreading to other parts.   Check them out on the links page.

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