More old gyrocopter gyroplane footage flying at Erskine Park, Sydney in the 1990's...

This footage was taken at Erskine Park in the mid-ish 90's. ... It is more of the footage I transferred from 'very well used' VHS tapes, so, the quality is poor. As with the other videos, they are just here for nostalgia's sake... the footage is raw with no fancy nothing... it just shows what it was like flying back in the day... how simple the machines were... and how much fun could be had just thrashing around at one's favorite strip... rather than buying a 4100,000 + fancy machine that apparently isn't fun unless you take 300km journeys whenever you fly.

This video features Alan Bridger, a fantastic senior instructor who was one of the guys who put so much time and effort into keeping Erskine Park strip going... and a couple of others (Might have been Steve E? and did I see Ron King? Maybe Alan can comment and fill us in on some details)... all flying Rotax machines.

One thing I like (and miss) about this old footage, is seeing the simplicity of the machines... and the social aspect of flying back in the day. Now, thanks to the 'Behemoth Class' and 'Juggernaut scale' plastic 'gyroplanes' of today, with their shortcomings (personal opinion) ... where hub bars have a time life, weight/complexity/cost have made them somewhat unable to use makeshift strips... and when taxying, the rotors must be stationary... spectators must be 30 meters from any gyroplane etc etc... so spectators can't even see the machines once they waddle away with stationary rotors at general aviation airports. The modern 'gyroplanes' that cost so much, have also cost us the ability to socialise around gyrocopters how we used to do.

I will always encourage people, even today, to consider building an open frame machine to fang around local country areas.

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The footage I found amongst my old VHS tapes and is here so those who remember Erskine Park can enjoy the old footage, the machines belonged other members of the Erskine Park group. Please feel free to comment

You can find information on gyrocopters in Australia by looking up A.S.R.A. (Australian Sports Rotorcraft Association)

A good forum is Skywolverines if you google it