Training is important
no matter what you call your flying machine.
You might call it any of these names:
Autogiro, Autogire, Autogir, Autogyre, Autogyro, Autożyro, αυτόγυρο,
Autožīrs, автожир, Auto-Gyro, Auto-Giro, Ciroplan, Gyro, Drehflügler,
Drehflügelflugzeug, Gyrocopter, Gyrokopter, Girocopter, Girokopter, Gyrocoptère,
Girocoptère, Girocóptero, Gyroplane, Gyroplan, Giroplan, Gyroplán, Giroplane,
Gyroplány, Gyroplano, Giroplano, Mølleplan, Otojiro, OTOJİR, Tragschrauber,
Vírník, Vírníky,
Windmillplane, Windmolenvliegtuig, Windmühlenflugzeug, Wiatrakowce, Wiatrakowiec,
Xuanyiji or Żyroplan. But certainly, you
will call it a fun and hard-working machine, provided you have the proper
training.
RAF 2000
Has A New Logo!
by Jim
West
I cannot begin to tell you how many people still think
that there no longer is an RAF factory and support system. So, I would like to
unveil, for those that still haven't figured out what happened, the new RAF logo
and ad cover page which is pictured at the left. We have placed it here to
let readers know that RAF is not gone. It has, from a customer's
viewpoint, only moved. It has, from a customer's viewpoint, gotten closer
or further from where they live. It is now owned by guys that fly for fun and
fly for excitement and fly with students and assemble beautiful RAF machines and
will be at Airventure in the USA this summer, the summer of 2008. They
have for many years run the Upington Microlight & RAF 2000 Training Center;
the new company is called Rotary Air Force South Africa.
They have a significant history in the aviation business and these guys are
serious about gyroplanes.
Give them a call or send them an email. Their ad is below.
RAF2000 Gyroplane Moves To Upington South Africa
By Guy Wilson
I can’t think of any company in the world that has sold more gyroplanes than
RAF2000 based in Canada so it was a sad day when they closed their doors just
over a year ago, after 30 years of producing an aircraft that in my opinion is
in a class of its own.
RAF2000 owners around the world were concerned about the future of their
aircraft and of course where would they get parts and the backup they have
enjoyed for years? So it was good news when Eben Mocke Snr. decided to buy
the company, which is now based in Upington South Africa.
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