Sport Pilot Talk

Most rotorcraft are flown solo from the right seat. The Cavalon I fly is placarded that solo is from the right seat. I have been told that in many early USA built helicopters (anticlockwise rotor as viewed from above) turning right takes the least amount of power so the pilot has the best view for e...

Vance, Does your Cavalon have "jump-start" capability ? Have you found it useful in your use ? Are you based at a controlled airport ? What dimensional space (minimum) do you feel is necessary for you to make a safe landing ? Or, do you feel a normal airport pattern/runway space is requir...

Hi Vance, As previously mentioned I have one flight in the Cavalon which I thoroughly enjoyed. I was wondering if you could share with us your thought process on your selection of the side-by-side model vs the tandem model and what you see as the advantages and disadvantages of both. Thank you in a...

I love practicing takeoffs and landings. It seems to help me with all phases of flight. I found value learning about the weather and how it affects my flying. I have discovered that just because the weather is nice where I take off it may not be ideal where I land. I find value in planning cross cou...

I don’t disagree with your research. I have been banned from the spot landing at several aviation events because people feel I have an unfair advantage flying a gyroplane. I have won most that I have been allowed to compete in. The only real advantage a gyroplane has is it won’t stall or spin. I can...

I fly a Cavalon by Auto Gyro GMBH. She is an enclosed two place side by side that weighs 650 pounds and is powered by a Rotax 914. She came in three big boxes and took three of us three weeks to put her together. I fly out of Santa Maria, California and been known to give people who weigh less than ...

Nice pictures, thank you for sharing.
I love the beach with a little bit of altitude.

We have a Cub fly in in Lompoc, California.
The number of Cubs that show up is amazing, the sky is yellow with them.
I love to see the ardor the pilots have for their Cubs and hear of their flying adventures.
It is a lovely way to spend a couple of days even though I don't fly a Cub.

The Copperstate didn't have an accident this year, if I remember correctly. And it was the year when they declined the temporary tower, because FAA asked for a lot of money. I heard that 550 airplanes attended the event. The only complaint I heard was that restrooms were far away from the camping f...

This was on my local news broadcast this morning. The NTSB report was issued this week. 8 years since the guy flew in IMC. Apparently only a few hours transition time, to move to a Turboprop Pilatus. Wife & 4 children with him. From the NTSB report: "The instrument-rated pilot activated th...

Good day fellow pilots, I fly in a small uncontrolled airport (OETH) 15nm north of OERK/KIA (an international airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). My aircraft is a Tecnam Sierra equipped with aera 795. I need some advice on what is the most suitable and workable TCAS system to install. When flying VFR...

My name if Vance Breese and I fly an Experimental Cavalon Gyroplane (two place side by side with a Rotax 914) and a one of a kind Experimental Gyroplane (two place tandem with an IO-320 B1A) out of Santa Maria, California. We built the Cavalon (a kit) in Spanish Fork, Utah and I flew her home stoppi...