If you want to go touring you buy a touring bike, if you want to go bush bashing and have fun, you buy a dirt bike. It's best described as being like a motor bike. You best get some training on low level flying first though as there is much to consider! Then, it's just the feeling of freedom. Legally (in most countries) you can fly at 300ft, even lower if you have the permission of the landowner. The best thing about flying the gyroplane is that it's a fun, responsive aircraft and you have a great field of view.
It's best described like being on an aerial dirt bike. With the freedom of a gyrocopter, you can fly a little bit lower, it's open cockpit, and you can slow down and have a good look around. Yet on their days off, instead of staying on the ground, they choose to strap into their gyrocopters and have fun blasting around the sky. Modern versions are anything but!ĭid you know there are many commercial pilots that fly those big A-330's as well as many other 'people carriers' across the globe. ABOVE: Bruce Spence with the wrecked early Bensen-style gyrocopter from the movie Mad Max - 1
