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Neil Farr’s ferry flight to Rockhampton
Neil Farr's ferry flight of a MTO-Sport to Rockhampton. Read here his story: Departed Skyranch at 7.15 AM Saturday 13 Oct. Tracked over Goondiwindi and on to Taroom where a quick stop was made for a sandwich.Leg time 4 hours. Tracked north to Tartrus and arrived 2 hours and 20 mins later. Spent the afternoon moving machinery on Tom and Jenny's magnificent property before Tom and I went for an evening flight . The house is situated on an escarpment overlooking the property and was a great place...
Cavalon trip to Byron Bay
4 Pilots, 3 Cavalon 1 weekend. George, Mick, Neil and Will cross the great divide once again for a nice trip to Byron Bay via St. Grafton. Departing SkyRanch at Manilla at 07:15, and arrived at St. Grafton at 09:00. Max ground speed was 115 kt, just a light tailwind kicked in half way across the great divide. After some breakfast for the Pilots, and fuel for the Gyro's we lined up at the runway for Tyagarah, just north of Byron Bay. It took us less than 1 hour, flying coastal, through the...
AutoGyro Europe sets new Guiness World Record
On August 14th 2010, during the AutoGyro Europe annual flyin, a new Guiness World Record was set for the number of autogyros flying in formation. Twenty one (21) gyros comprising a mixture of MTO 3's, MTO Sport's and Calidus aircraft took to the sky over Hildesheim, home of the AutoGyro factory and formed up as part of the record attempt which has now been formally recognised as a world record by the Guiness Book of Records. Pictured here are the aircraft that participated in the record...
Around Oz in 15 Days
Why would you plan a 13,500kms flight around Australia in an MT 03 gyroplane? Because you can of course! Seriously, The reason Otmar Birkner, the manufacturer of these amazing gyroplanes and I embarked on a flight of this magnitude was to demonstrate the reliability and safety of the new generation of modern gyros. In general, gyros have a very bad reputation, due a number of reasons but our mission was to prove that the new generation gyro was safe reliable and far removed from the public...