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 biggest secret about Douglas Hughes’ gyrocopter flight from Gettysburg, Pa., to the Capitol lawn is that it was a secret to nobody, officials revealed at Wednesday’s House hearing. Hughes, a ...

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 ...

Doug Hughes has moved Congress. But not about campaign finance reform. A congressional committee released a report Wednesday criticizing the law enforcement response to the Ruskin mailman's gyrocopter ...

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 ...

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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 ...