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Barry Jones, managing director of Ilkeston-based autogyro manufacturer Gyrojet, tells us about his week MONDAY It is an interesting day as we have a meeting with the National Policing Improvement Agency. At our Ilkeston base, we are developing an autogyro, which is a lightweight rotary aircraft. Ours is designed to carry sophisticated surveillance equipment. Helicopters cost a lot of money to fly and maintain. Our aircraft will be about 80 per cent cheaper than a helicopter and produces only 20 per cent of the carbon emissions. The meeting goes very well. After the meeting, we brief everyone back at base before getting a call from Belfast asking if we can be there tomorrow for a meeting. Because military and civil surveillance is quite sensitive, meetings have to be held face to face so we spend the afternoon booking tickets and getting organised.
TUESDAY We're on the 10.30am flight to Belfast for our meeting. The global security situation has created a market for our product and expertise, having experience of military surveillance. This has opened a variety of doors for us and our meeting goes into a lot of detail. The simplicity of our product means that it is reliable. From piloting helicopters and being a helicopter pilot instructor, I know that for every hour you spend in the air, you might need an hour's maintenance on the ground. With high-value aerial work you need reliability and the time you spend on the ground is time when you're not doing the job. Autogyros have great potential. In 2004 I tried to fly one around the world. I got as far as eastern India before being grounded by the monsoon and heading home.See the full content of this document
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My Week
WEDNESDAY After getting back from Belfast, we brief the rest of the team on our meeting....
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