Founding members
Gyroplane Association
A voice for gyroplane pilots, instructors, schools and the people who build these aircraft. It is being founded now, and the people who join first are its founding members.
Become a founding member
The people who join now are the association's founding members. We are not charging for membership yet, so the prices below are the founding rates, held for the people who sign up before it opens. Register now to claim your founding place: no obligation, and nothing to pay today.
Everything on this site is free today and the free parts stay free: the directories, the ground school, the quiz, the glossary and listing an aircraft for sale. Membership funds them rather than gating them.
Why an association
Gyroplanes sit awkwardly in almost every rulebook. Regulations for light aircraft are drafted with aeroplanes and helicopters in view, and this category tends to inherit whatever falls out of that. A handful of people notice in time to comment. Usually nobody does.
An association is how a small category gets read into the record: by following what is proposed, explaining what it would actually mean for the people flying these machines, and answering when an answer is invited. That work does not need software to begin, and it is what the money funds first.
Speak for gyroplane operators
Rulemaking that affects light aircraft is usually written with aeroplanes and helicopters in mind, and gyroplanes get whatever falls out. When a proposal touches this category we intend to read it, say plainly what it would mean, and respond where a response is invited.
Track legislation and rule changes
Airworthiness directives, category and weight limits, medical and certificate rules, airspace changes. We will follow what changes for gyroplane pilots and owners, cite the actual document every time, and say when we are not sure rather than guessing.
Grow the sport honestly
More pilots, more instructors, more aircraft flying. That means being useful to somebody deciding whether to start, which is why the directories, the ground school and the reference material stay free whether you join or not.
A members forum worth reading
not built yetA place to talk about ownership, maintenance, rule changes and what is actually flying, without the noise of a public group. Members only, moderated, and not built yet.
New aircraft and equipment, covered properly
not built yetWhat manufacturers are releasing, described from sourced specifications rather than press releases, with members seeing it first. Not built yet.
How this association is run
It is a commercial association operated by AAERO LLC, run for profit. There is no governing board and no members' vote. Members are customers, not shareholders or voting members of a society.
We say this plainly because the word "association" usually means the other thing: a nonprofit with elected officers and a ballot at an annual meeting. If that is what you are looking for, this is not it, and you should know that before you pay rather than afterwards.
What members do get is consultation. When the association is about to take a public position we intend to ask members what they think first, and to say so when the position taken differs from what they told us. That is influence, and it is worth something. It is not a vote, and we will not call it one.
Founding member rates
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Basic
Owners, pilots and anyone interested
Founding rate $59 per yearSupport the site and get a member profile.
- Consultation before the association takes a public position not built yet
- Members forum: ownership, maintenance, rule changes not built yet
- Legislation and rule-change briefings, with the source cited not built yet
- New aircraft and equipment coverage before it is public not built yet
- Member profile page with your aircraft and airfield not built yet
- Listing aircraft for sale, free for everyone
- Ground school, quiz and glossary, free for everyone
Not included: Selling. Listing an aircraft for sale is free for everyone and needs no membership. So does browsing the marketplace, contacting a seller, using the directories, and the ground school. Join to support the site and for the member benefits above, not in order to sell.
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Instructor
Independent flight instructors
Founding rate $99 per yearEverything in Basic, plus an expanded instructor entry.
- Everything in Basic
- Instructors section of the forum, for training and checkride questions not built yet
- Early sight of rule changes affecting instruction not built yet
- Expanded directory entry: biography, photographs, aircraft flown not built yet
- Your own enquiry form rather than a plain email address not built yet
- Directory listing itself, free whether you join or not
Not included: Certificate verification. That is done the same way for every instructor, paid or not, and it cannot be bought.
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School
Flight schools and training organisations
Founding rate $249 per yearEverything in Instructor, for an organisation with several instructors.
- Everything in Instructor
- Seats on the forum for every instructor on your staff not built yet
- Your view sought on training and instruction positions not built yet
- School profile listing each of your instructors not built yet
- Course and fleet details on your directory entry not built yet
- Directory listing itself, free whether you join or not
Not included: Approval confirmation. We confirm approvals with the issuing authority the same way for every school, paid or not.
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Manufacturer
Aircraft and kit manufacturers
Founding rate $999 per yearManage your own model data and specifications directly.
- Edit your own models and specifications
- Priority on specification sourcing for your range
- New model announcements carried to members first not built yet
- Consulted on standards and rulemaking positions before they are published not built yet
- Dealer network listed on your brand page not built yet
- Your brand page and model pages, free whether you join or not
Not included: Editorial position. Where your aircraft appears in a comparison is an editorial judgement and is not for sale. If that ever changes it will be labelled as paid, everywhere it appears.
Founding Partners
A limited number of founding places, each carrying a seat on the Board of Advisory.
- A seat on the Board of Advisory not built yet
- Named as a Founding Partner on the association page not built yet
- Everything in the Manufacturer tier not built yet
Not included: Control. The Board of Advisory advises and has no binding authority over AAERO LLC. It cannot direct editorial coverage, cannot influence where an aircraft appears in a comparison, and cannot overturn a certificate or approval check.
Terms for Founding Partners are not settled yet, so there is no price here. Ask, and we will tell you where it has got to.
What money cannot buy here
Verification is not a membership benefit at any tier. When an instructor shows "certificate checked" it means a person looked their certificate up in the FAA Airmen Inquiry, and when a school shows "approval confirmed" it means somebody contacted the issuing authority. Those checks happen the same way for members and non-members, and paying changes nothing about them.
Nor does membership buy editorial position. Where an aircraft appears in a comparison, or a school in a directory, is an editorial judgement. If we ever sell placement it will be labelled as paid everywhere it appears and the editorial policy will say so in the same breath.
A seat on the Board of Advisory does not change either of those. The board advises; it holds no authority over the company, cannot direct what gets covered, and cannot overturn a certificate or approval check. A Founding Partner whose aircraft fails a check gets the same answer as anyone else.
Benefits marked "not built yet" do not exist today. They are listed so you can see what the money is for, not so you think you are getting them now. The forum, the member profiles and the briefing service are all in that category.
What can start immediately is the advocacy, because that is work rather than software. If you would rather wait until the rest is built, wait: the directories, the ground school, the quiz and the glossary are free and will stay free either way.
Association
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No payment is taken and no card details are requested. We will come back to you when membership opens.
