The aircraft goes by several other names: a gyroplane, an autogyro or a rotoplane -- to name a few. The FAA uses the term gyroplane. So, we will, too. Gyroplanes were invented by Juan de la Cierva ...

Paul Nichol, from Balloch, Inverness, died when his gyroplane came down in a field ... they were trying to understand what led to the rotor head to separate while in flight. In an update on ...

A HUNT supporter had his head cut in half when he tried to stop a gyrocopter flown by an anti-hunting pilot from taking off, a court heard yesterday. Trevor Morse died instantly when the rear ...

DLR operates the AutoGyro Cavalon D-MGTD to research the flight dynamics of gyrocopters. A gyrocopter uses the airstream to rotate its rotor blades and thereby generate lift. In contrast to ...

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Where a helicopter uses its main rotor for propulsion and lift and the rear rotor for balance, the gyrocopter gets propulsion from a rear propeller. Because the top rotor, which provides lift ...

The UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the crash happened after the gyroplane's rotor head separated from the rest of the machine. But the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft ...

A two-week trial heard that Mr Morse's head was cleaved "from top to bottom" by the rear rotor of the gyrocopter as he tried to stop it from taking off. Mr Griffiths, 55, left court without ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A gyrocopter that crashed into a canal near Selby probably still had its rotor brake on, an air accident investigation has found.