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 ...

TOMBALL, Texas -- The last thing you want to hear before you climb into an open aircraft with no doors is how cheap it is to fly, but that's the first thing the police chief tells me before strapping ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man who piloted his one-person aircraft through some of the nation’s most restricted airspace and landed on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in an act he has called civil ...

Flight tests show that gyrocopters are a suitable configuration for uncrewed air transport. The focus is on transporting loads of up to 200 kilograms close to the ground. The autogyro was extensively ...

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 ...

Dean Siracusa, a Texas-based fixed-wing pilot and CEO of Flying Eyes Optics, had a memorable introductory flight in an open-cockpit tandem Autogyro over the scenic Scottish Highlands. The experience, ...

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 ...

JACKSON — Power parachuters Stephen and Terry Rastanis, of Walker, realized when the weather was even a bit windy, their hobby often became grounded. But after their first ride in an autogyro less ...

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing a new type of gyrocopter that gets rid of the pilot to provide more cargo space. The focus of the Automated Low Altitude Air Delivery (ALAADy) system, ...

Missteps caused the U.S. Secret Service and other federal agencies to fail to stop a Florida man from flying a gyrocopter over some of the protected air space in America before landing near the U.S.