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 ...

Investigation into fatal Highlands air crash now focused on why rotor head came off gyrocopter. By Ross Hempseed. November 11 2022, 12:14 pm. November 11 2022, 12:14 pm. Share ...

Paul Nichol, from Balloch, Inverness, died when his gyroplane came down in a field near Avoch on the Black Isle on 12 November. The 67-year-old's aircraft caught fire after crashing.

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.

A statement on the investigation into a gyrocopter crash in the Highlands has been released on the first anniversary of the accident – revealing the rotor head “separated” from the air craft ...

The forward movement provides the necessary airflow to turn the rotor blades and keep the gyrocopter in the air. Gyroplanes are characterised by high stability at low speeds and are ideal for slow, ..

Jaunt's 21st century gyrocopter uses a free-spinning rotor in forward flight, a wing, ... said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Molly Taft.

A light aircraft was seen "descending rapidly" with its rotor head and blades separate from the rest of the machine moments before a fatal crash last year. Paul Nichol, from Balloch, Inverness ...

Gyrocopter crashed at Great Heck because rotor brake had been left on. ... “He shut down the engine, applied the rotor brake, and exited the gyrocopter to get them,” the report says.

The AAIB said the rotor head separated because of a "structural overload failure". It has recommended the Civil Aviation Authority publishes new guidance on flying gyrocopters and reassesses ...

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.