AurimasBezaras and Irma Janciukiene, instructors based in Rojunai Lithuania, took part in the 3-day induction module of the Instructor Standardization and Development Program run by The International Association of Professional Gyroplane Training (IAPGT).
Part of this course included a complete cross reference between the current syllabus used for training in many of the Baltic and Arabic countries and the evolving International Standard Lesson Structure which is a core element of the process for the “One World, One Gyroplane Licence” ambition of the gyroplane community, led by the Association.
Phil Harwood, Chairman of IAPGT, who led this workshop said “we have spent 3 years working on an Internet based Gyropedia, that allows experienced instructors to collaborate on training standards and share ideas. The Instructor Standardisation and Development Program facilities the ability for instructors to fly together to validate these ideas and standards, learn from each other and challenge existing and new methods of training. Overall, the individual instructors develop, the Gyropedia develops and worldwide standardization and improvement to gyroplane safety develops”.
The next stage in the process for Aurimas and Irma isa three month development period where training records are entered into the Gyropedia in a format that can automatically be presented, not only in the syllabus format that is required for their own regulator, but also in the format for many of the other regulators around the world who are participating in the program. The IAPGT process is supported by a number of the major manufacturers around the world who use the Gyropedia as the backbone of their own Certification and Pilot Development Programs.
