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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The pilot of a gyroplane that crashed over the weekend has died, according to Wicked Local partner WCVB Channel 5. WCVB reports that the man who died in the accident was Geoffrey Muller, of Manchester ...

BRADENTON, Fla -- We’re learning more about the victims killed in Tuesday’s gyroplane crash in Highlands County. Both Chris Lord and Christopher Brugger were experienced pilots. Lord, who was flying ...

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 ...

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 ...

DELAND — Chris Lord remembers the first time he saw a gyroplane in the late 1990s. "I was scared to death of them," Lord said. "They really look like something you would build in your barnyard." These ...

At the Aero show, which is held every April in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and is the biggest event in Europe for sport-aviation enthusiasts, you can’t turn around without bumping into a gyroplane—an ...