With an exposed engine in back and an open cockpit up front, a gyroplane sold by Texas Auto Gyro & Light Sport looks something like a helicopter on a diet. "I'd heard stories about these planes during ...

January 6, 2008 Simple to build, easy to fly, faster than helicopters and arguably safer than anything else in the sky: gyroplanes are a long-overlooked segment of the personal aviation industry, but ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The futuristic-shaped pod glides over a wintry countryside shorn of its fleece of late-morning mist. With ...

Popularity of gyroplanes has increased long before Wednesday's landing of one on the U.S. Captiol lawn.Mobile users tap here to watch videoThe people at Auto-Gyro USA said gyroplanes, which is what ...

The annual Bensen Days fly-in, held in Wauchula, Florida, and sponsored by the Sun State Wing and Rotor Club, honors Igor Bensen, father of the personal gyroplane, who in 1962 founded the Popular ...

[Avionics Today 10-31-2014] The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced it will withdraw the overflight restrictions from the permit operating limitations of factory-built, type-approved ...

AUSTIN — Gyroplanes are open cockpit aircrafts with a top and rear propellor and they're becoming a hit in Austin. "When I'm in an aircraft, I feel confident, I feel confident in the technology. I can ...

The Pegasus III has a payload of 376 kg and a range of 660 km. Credit: ARC Aerosystems UK startup ARC Aerosystems has signed an agreement to supply up to 30 of its Pegasus III gyroplanes to kidney ...