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Fly the El Mirage Dry Lake!

THE KEN BROCK ROTORCRAFT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (PRA - CHAPTER ONE) sponsors a fantastic annual event that every gyro enthusiast should plan to attend. It is appropriately called the Ken Brock Freedom Fly-In.

GYRO- 5 EX Steps

Several years back, there was a free video reproduced and distributed to encourage people to have fun with their gyros.  We were all asked to spread it around.  The video had a simple title: It was simply 5 EZ Steps to Fly a Gyro.

In the interest of the gyro sport, this video streaming is provided by Gyro Nation along with the RAF Pilots Association.

Step 1, Go to a Fly-In is the first cut. 

There couldn’t be a better fly-in to get introduced to gyros than the one at El Mirage on the actual dry lake bed.

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Step 2, Get quality Instruction is the second cut.

There are a number of fun-filled scenes of flight lessons nicely edited

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Step 3, Build a gyro is the third cut.

Humorous scenes depicting the steps in building a Ken Brock gyro

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Step 4, If you want to fly like Ken Brock, You've Got To Look like Ken Brock is the fourth cut.

There are a number of the great Ken Brock's legend flight maneuvers

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Step 5, Go have fun is the fifth cut.

Loads of fun on a Ken Brock gyro plane

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 Last modified: 04/06/2010.