![]() What will be looked at and reviewed are some things we as individuals can do, here and now, to improve our personal safety, the safety of the aircraft and in the process improve the perception of our sport and those of us involved in it. For those intrested in this information I provide you with the following link to The University of Glasgow and their summary from the reasearch of Project 5. In our look at safety within this website we will not get into debates about horizontal stabilizers, centerline of thrust and other acedamia theory. Links to maintenance and flying safety appear later in this page but for now let's just stay on topic with general gyroplane safety. ![]() We will need to address two major areas in our risk management, flying and maintenance. The risks vary with the level of difficulty of the job or mission, available resources, degree of experience or expertise, the degree of prior planning, environmental factors, just to name a few.Īs most of the people in our sport are recreational flyers and apprentice mechanics these are major factors to consider in improving safety within the sport, we have just identified what it is we do. Managing the risks we take is managing the degree of safety we are trying to implement. ![]() Aviation is an inherantly dangerous environment. Safety afterall is a relative term when factors of risk versus benefit and most importantly benefit to others is taken into consideration. This section is intended as an awareness resource. It is hoped we can all learn from this tragic event. Our deepest sympathy and respects to the family. ![]() Unfortunately the results of this pilots actions resulted in the loss of life it is hoped that others will see the results of trying to fly a gyroplane outside of the flight envelope for which it was designed. The following video is of poor quality but good enough to make out the events that unfold. ![]()
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