Fix wing ultra light regestrations

[Russell]

MT"s and ELA"s can be hand spun no probs..............ackward, but definitely doable. ( flown both, trained both ) .......( cabined machines, different story )A "stick lock" if you get around to fitting one is great. ( after using one, you"ll be saying should"ve had one yrs ago )

[Brian]

ASRA supports the future[ turn key gyros] and the homebuilt. from the flashest to the most basic single seat gyro and the grass roots of gyros are and I hope, always supported !! Interestingly enough, the flash gyros are probably causing ASRA as much grief as anything else flying because they do require different rotor management etc and have spawned a new breed of instructor who may never have operated / flown a basic gyro that had to be hand propped and rotors that needed hand starting. They do need a flight manual and it needs to be presented when the gyro is registered and read & understood by the pilot.If it was up to me, every student would have to do enough hours in a 2 seat gyro that had to be hand propped both to start the engine & rotors, to be competent before proceeding to the new generation gyros !!. That gyro would be an open framed 2 seat Rosco affectionately

[Brian]

Dean, the flight manual is a very interesting document. It is required even for basic gyros. There are people out there that don"t understand how the figures are derived but they know if the fly with in the parameters they will be safe.Even new instructors are coming through now who have never nursed blades up to flying speed from low RPM or flown anything more conventional than an ELA or similar. Some pilots and instructors that I have spoken to believe that every one should learn to hand start rotor blades in a conventional machine and then get an ELA/MTO/Magni endorsement once you have the rotor management understanding. Not really such a bad idea since then it will be understood why their tails are being chopped off. Rather than a restricted/open license maybe it should be open/need to prerotate endorsement. The blades can still flap on ELA/MTO/Magni on initial take off. I have experienced it first hand and there is a full story dedicated to it in the Winter/Spring 2012 Gyro News. I don"t see the need to rewrite the manual. As you say it is written reasonably well but maybe it is time to update to current standards with more specifics.Brian, count me in. I did stick my hand up for the registrars job when I seen it in the Gyro News. Spoke to Robbo and Paul Campbell numerous times on the phone to see what was involved and the time needed to dedicate to it to be done properly. I have the utmost respect for the job Robbo does. Looks easy on the outside but there is a huge amount of time and effort that goes into that job. I was a little upset that I missed the opportunity to do my part however was very relieved when it went to someone with more free time. Have also thought about the assistant operations manager. However at the time I was finishing off work that I committed to/closing down my business and working a full time. Now that the business is finalised I have just been too slack to do anything more about it.

[Brian]

I had a phone call last night from a member who thought we were short of board members but that not so but we do have an odd vacancy in some of the " appointees" eg. BTW, for those who dont know, Hunter Jones is no longer a board member. I believe Willi has taken over the Sky ranch and MTO operation!

[Greg Mitchell]

I had a phone call last night from a member who thought we were short of board members but that not so but we do have an odd vacancy in some of the " appointees" eg. BTW, for those who dont know, Hunter Jones is no longer a board member. I believe Willi has taken over the Sky ranch and MTO operation!Brian,Who is the Publcity Officer?Mitch

[WEST OZ FLYER]

Could you please send an email into the board [ President] with

[Brian]

Brian,Who is the Publcity Officer?MitchGraeme Monro is