Saturday 13th June 2026. The British Rotorcraft Association co hosted with Shuttleworth, the Guinness Gyro Record Breaker 2026. We had 71 to beat landing at a single UK airfield in an 8 hour window, this was set in 2022 at Old Warden. Despite the gusty weather and a few that could not attend through permit, or mechanical issues, a new record of 88 was achieved. There will be many images and video’s to follow but we need a little time to collate the data. What I can tell you is that a large French contingent actually helped very much in making this happen. 19 aircraft attended from France and we were delighted to welcome them to what they have now turned into and international event. Paul Kerry from Perth was the pilot who travelled the furthest in the UK to take part in this event and we will try and get a story of his trip later. Eleven types attended and the list is below.
8 MT03’s
24 MTO Sports
1 MTO Sport 2017
17 Calidus
9 Cavalons
11 Magni M24’s
10 Magni M16’s
4 Magni M22’s
1 DTA
2 ELA Eclipse
1 Merlin. The only Single Seater. Flown by the intrepid Francis Moyle. A huge thank you to all involved.
A special thank you to Wallis Heritage and Elliot Wallis for bringing along Little Nellie, Zues and Ken’s record breaker and a big shout out to the Aston Martins Owners Club who brought along an unconfirmed 124 of these beautiful automobiles and the Fiso and his team in the tower who was very satisfied with the airmanship and radio transmissions throughout the day.
Sadly, Richard Clarkson from Nottingham had pre rotator issues on his Calidus and had to call his wife to come and get him. We hope that the issue is resolved quickly and that his marriage survives.
