Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bensen Aircraft Corp 28 The autogyro, with its unmistakable silhouette and ingenious simplicity, has long fascinated aviation ...

The aircraft goes by several other names: a gyroplane, an autogyro or a rotoplane -- to name a few. The FAA uses the term gyroplane. So, we will, too. Gyroplanes were invented by Juan de la Cierva in ...

Tuesday's fatal gyroplane crash in Highlands County has raised questions about the aircraft at the center of the tragedy. The aircraft goes by several other names: a gyrocopter, an autogyro or a ...

US researchers are reviving the gyrodyne concept and designing the Heliplane, a rotorcraft that promises faster speeds than conventional helicopters Since the perfection of the helicopter, the ...

The autogyro, or gyroplane, is a largely unfamiliar type of aircraft, a sort of missing link between the aeroplane and the helicopter. Like a helicopter, it is a rotary wing aircraft, but it flies ...

If David Groen, president of Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) is right, the skies may soon be populated by fleets of gyroplanes. Combining the vertical short take-off and landing capabilities of the ...

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A main blade that fell off a homebuilt gyroplane is what appears to have led to a July 30 crash that killed the flight instructor and pilot in a goat pasture in Clay County, according to a preliminary ...

From a gyroplane flying low and slow, downtown Leesburg appears to be a small clump of buildings in a vast expanse of green trees and hills. A tiny arm of the Potomac River curves off in one distance, ...