India_Mike, you are correct that the stall/spin departure from controlled flight in a fixed wing and a power pushover bunt event in a gyroplane are two distinct and different issues.
However in defense of Fergus I do believe that he was trying to find an analogy that fixed wing pilots could relate to.
Obviously you understand the physics and aerodynamics involved in a unloading of the rotor disk resulting in a PPO bunt, can you give me any reason why the British CAA resist pilots adding a stabalizing device to gyros such as the RAF 2000 that will improve their propensity to kill their occupants due to the flawed design ( high thrustline and no H.S.) of the machine?
Chuck Ellsworth