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 ...

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 ...

Piasecki Aircraft has completed initial testing of the first autonomous autogyro as part of the competition to develop the Class III unmanned air vehicle for the US Army's Future Combat System (FCS) ...

LONDON—Germany’s DLR aerospace research agency is gearing up for autonomous flight trials of an unmanned gyrocopter to prove the technology could be used for autonomous freight hauling. As part of the ...

While popular in general aviation as a low-cost and fun form of flight, the autogyro has never really made it big in the commercial world. Thousands of home- and factory-built machines are in private ...

Doing more with less is the order of the day for many law enforcement agencies, and limited budgets may not leave room for extras such as an aviation unit or asset. The increasing demands of a growing ...

Germany's Fraundorfer Aeronautics intends to start test flights of a prototype two-seat gyrocopter this year, with a plan to introduce a six-seat version by 2025. The Donauworth-based company unveiled ...

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The autogyro, with its unmistakable silhouette and ingenious simplicity, has long fascinated aviation enthusiasts. The concept attracted pilots interested in the idea of rotary-wing flight without the ...