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DEVELOPMENTS AND CERTIFICATION
Various important bodies/companies have shown interest in gyroplanes: Police Departments (Italy, South Africa and America), Nampower (Southern African energy supply company), mining companies (Africa and Australia), big agriculture companies (for aerial crop spraying) and show business (for aerial filming). Such interest has urged a further development of the gyro so as to satisfy their technical needs and the request for certification that would allow worldwide operation. This development will make the gyroplane suitable not only for private clients but companies and bodies as well. The Magni M24 is now the first enclosed 2-seat factory built gyroplane to be approved to BCAR Section T, the UK CAA’s approval standard for gyroplanes. The M16 has been certified by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in Great Britain under “Section T” and also certified by Spanish Civil Aviation Authority. The M14 has been approved in Germany. The entire range of Magni gyroplanes is now available in EIRE Remarkable too is the great success of the M-16 in France, where it has been chosen by the Ultralight Flight Authority as a training gyroplane in their instructor training courses; all that is a further demonstration of M16’s suitability for training use.
USES OF THE GYROPLANE
Because of their peculiarities, gyroplanes are capable of short take-offs and landings (not as short as the helicopters’ ones but anyway shorter than the planes’); furthermore gyroplanes can fly in a wide range of speeds and are totally safe even at slow and very slow speed. An other advantage is related to the relatively low initial cost and to low maintenance and operational costs. At present gyroplanes are mainly used for recreational flying but, apart of that, there are many other fields in which gyroplanes can be operated, as for example: Aerial control of power lines and/or telephone lines Road patrolling Aerial control of potentially dangerous situations Environmental control (Embankments – Flooding – Fire) Agricultural crop spraying Light/small transports In Africa for example this gyroplane flies for crop spraying, for natural reserves and livestock control and for fences and boundary/border patrolling. “Free State Nature Conservation” has been employing one of these gyros for quite a long time. In Namibia, vehicle traffic in the area surrounding the capital city is monitored by a M16.




In France, in the Champagne area, the M16 gyroplanes are employed in aerial pesticide spraying on vineyards. Also, in Vinon (in Southern France) a M16 is commonly used in fire prevention and coastal surveillance Road.

In Italy the Civil Defence team of Graffignana (LO), collaborate with some gyroplane pilots that, thanks to their M16 and M14 gyros are of great help in surveillance, search and prevention functions.
Even more important is the fact that the British “Global Eagle” team, an Army Aviation team, are now involved in a Challenge for charity purposes: their aim is to circumnavigate the globe using a Gyroplane; to achieve this target they’ve decided to use an M16 Tandem Trainer with Rotax 914 engine.

The “Eagle” _ as the gyro is named _ left Middle Wallop (England) on 26th April 2003 and reached India after nearly 4 months’ flying over land and sea. This was a demonstration of the wide range of conditions a gyro can operate within.

Further information on flight training activities is available at: www.clubitalianoautogiro.it

COStS
Gyroplanes have great economical advantages when compared to other aircrafts. A gyro does not need huge maintenance but just careful checks and controls, major maintenance is just the engine maintenance. A gyro takes up little room in the hangar and does not need special hangar handling care. Gyros can be transported by road using a standard trailer after taking the rotor off so as to avoid damages.

italY in FLIGHT - avioportolano

On 25th August 2006 the photographic census of the Italian airstrips (ULM flying areas and airfields) came to an end. This project, called “Italia in Volo” (i.e. “Italy in Flight”) started in 2004 and was organized and carried out by Avioportolano Italia, in particular by Guido Medici, Director of Avioportolano Italia, who flew over and photographed 370 airstrips, covering a distance of nearly 18000 km across the whole Italian territory. He has gathered useful information not only about airstrips, but also about routes and places of historical, cultural and landscape interest for which Italy is renowned worldwide.

Detailed data (total number of flight hours, distances, journey stages, fuel consumption, cruising speed), the courses and the over 6000 photos (of territories, airstrips and their related structures), will soon be published on the website www.avioportolano.it and will be available “free admittance”.

In 2005 Avioportolano Italia purchased the Magni Gyro M22 Voyager for carrying out their photographic census. This choice was due to the remarkable characteristics of the M22 Voyager, a very handy, easy to fly aircraft providing high quality performances. Indeed it offers good visibility, perfect for shooting photos (with shoulder camera support), is capable of short landings and has a wide range of level speeds (40 to 180 km/h with 140 km/h cruising). Furthermore the M22 Voyager needs little maintenance and does not go into stall conditions (this was particularly important for achieving the aims of the “Italia in Volo” project). This gyroplane is very stable even in turbulence conditions, takes up little room in the hangar, can be transported by road using a standard trailer, and does not need staking in case of wind.

All distances in “Italia in Volo” project were covered in solo flight, that is to say no passengers nor ground support, with cross-country equipment and full logistic independence (with the exception of refuelling).

The M22 Voyager (chassis number I-7786) with Rotax 914 engine, adopted by Avioportolano Italia, was the first unit in the new series produced by Magni Gyro. In comparison to the M16, the new model features larger storage space, thanks to two large 150 litre side compartments accessible through three compartment doors. Such storage space is an essential requirement for long trips with a passenger on board and provides room for both personal belongings and cross-country equipment. The M22 Voyager eliminates the rear seat controls typical of the M16 so as to increase the capacity of the fuel tank from 70 to 80 litres. Furthermore a 28 ft (8,535 m) rotor has been introduced enabling shorter take-off in full load conditions.

Between 2005 and 2006 the M22 Voyager was employed in the photographic census of the Italian airstrips. In particular, the last distance was covered from 14th to 25th August _ with first take-off from Maestrino (VI) _ along the Central Apennine, following the itinerary of the airstrips located in the east versant, until Potenza and then Sicily, where all airstrips were photographed. The northward flight was partly along the coast and partly along the west versant of the Central Apennine until Piedmont.

The immediate positive results of “Italia in Volo” project were:

Publication of the book “Point To Point – Con la testa tra le nuvole e i piedi per terra” by Guido Medici (Venezia 2005), available in Italian and English and distributed gratis in Italy and abroad by Regions Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Toscana, Liguria, and Sardegna.
Upgrading of the information and the iconographic part of the latest edition of Avioportolano® Italia 2006/2007, EIL Systems Publisher (Venezia 2006).
Upgrading of the website www.avioportolano.it where the information from photographic census are available to pilots.

Avioportolano Italia wishes to thank all pilots, airstrip managers and everyone who, generously and disinterestedly, has given the pilot assistance and help; the sponsors: Avmap, Magni Gyro, Sorlini Motori, ASA Flight Assistant; and the following companies for their collaboration, supply of material and assistance: Fly Box, Nando Groppo, Star Company, Future Project International.

Capitale sociale € 80.000 interamente versato - N° Registro Imprese di Varese 02207000023