The fleet
Gyroplanes.
Not helicopters.
An autogyro flies on an unpowered rotor that auto-rotates from forward airflow. No mechanical drive to the blades. No tail rotor. No hover — but also no settling-with-power, no ground resonance, no jet-A bill. Just a 30-metre takeoff roll and the slowest, steadiest low-altitude camera platform aviation has ever produced.
How it actually flies
Why Cierva's invention from 1923 is the best aircraft for an African safari in 2026.
Autorotation
The rotor is unpowered. Airflow keeps it spinning. Engine drives a pusher prop, not the blades.
Engine-out = glide
Lose the engine and you don't fall — you descend like a parachute. Land in a paddock at 25 km/h.
STOL
Off the ground in 30–70 m. Land in 0–15 m. Bush strips, salt pans, beach. No hover needed.
Stable in wind
The disc absorbs gusts a fixed wing fights. Smoothest low-altitude photographic platform built.
Three OEMs. EU buyers trust ELA. SA schools trust AutoGyro. Design lovers trust Magni.
🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain · Live Q2 2026 · Launch OEM
ELA Aviación
Spanish craftsmanship. The aircraft EU buyers already trust.
The line
- ELA-10 EclipseFlagship two-seat enclosed tandem
- ELA-07 CougarOpen cockpit · training & sport
- ELA-08 JuniorLighter sport variant
Flagship · ELA-10 Eclipse
ELA-10 Eclipse
Founded in 1996 in Andalusia, ELA Aviación debuted the Eclipse line at AERO Friedrichshafen 2014 and has since become the European reference for premium enclosed gyroplanes. Two-seat tandem, doors on, glass cockpit, cabin heater for high-altitude winter mornings over the Karoo. The Rotax 915iS sits forward of the rotor mast; a pusher prop behind. EU certified, EU buyer comfort.
- Cabin
- Enclosed tandem
- Cruise
- 165 km/h
- VNE
- 190 km/h
- Rotor
- 8.4 m teetering
- Engine
- Rotax 915iS · 141 hp
- Takeoff
- ~30 m roll
Unlocks these circuits
- · Okavango Delta Dash
- · Cape to Karoo Wine Run
- · Mozambique Beach Swap
🇩🇪 Hildesheim, Germany · Q4 2026 · Workhorse
AutoGyro GmbH
World's largest gyroplane manufacturer. The one flight schools trust.
The line
- CavalonSide-by-side enclosed flagship
- CalidusTandem enclosed · sport touring
- MTOsport 2017Open tandem · Red Dot Award
Flagship · Cavalon
Cavalon
AutoGyro has built more gyroplanes than any other OEM since 1999. The Cavalon is their side-by-side flagship — your spouse next to you, not behind. Carbon and fibreglass shell, famously low vibration, the smoothest pitch axis in the category. The Calidus tandem and MTOsport (Red Dot Award 2017) sit in the same Hildesheim hall and join the line as members request them.
- Cabin
- Side-by-side enclosed
- Cruise
- 170 km/h
- VNE
- 185 km/h
- Rotor
- 8.4 m Hofmann
- Engine
- Rotax 915iS · 141 hp
- Takeoff
- ~50 m roll
Unlocks these circuits
- · Kalahari Sky Route
- · Limpopo Conservation Circuit
Optional GyroMotion road-mobility module — drive 40 km/h between strips, refuel at any pump.
🇮🇹 Besnate, Italy · 2027 · Italian design
Magni Gyro
Italian. Fast. Beautiful. The aircraft people stop to photograph.
The line
- M24 OrionSide-by-side enclosed flagship
- M22 VoyagerTandem enclosed · long range
- M16 Tandem TrainerOpen tandem · the schools' favourite
Flagship · M24 Orion
M24 Orion
Vittorio Magni came out of Agusta and has been designing rotorcraft since 1976. The Magni family is known for honest manual controls and a cult following among low-and-slow conservation pilots. The M24 Orion is the side-by-side enclosed flagship — the one that turns heads on the apron.
- Cabin
- Side-by-side enclosed
- Cruise
- 175 km/h
- VNE
- 185 km/h
- Rotor
- 8.5 m Magni
- Engine
- Rotax 914 · 115 hp
- Takeoff
- ~70 m roll
Unlocks these circuits
- · Limpopo Conservation Circuit
- · Cape to Karoo Wine Run
The fleet in the wild
Open rotor.
African light.
Seven angles on the same idea: the slowest, steadiest, most cinematic aircraft you can legally land on a salt pan.
Safety & operator
One AOC. One maintenance regime. One name on the insurance.
MySky.africa does not hold an AOC. FlyJetStream does — SACAA AOC #____, operating from Wonderboom (FAWB). All maintenance, insurance, type-rated currency, and cross-border permits are their job. Every aircraft on the line is a Rotax 915iS / 914 powered gyroplane, rotor-overhauled on a 1,000-hour cycle, maintained by AMEs type-rated by the OEM. Logbooks available to members on request.
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