WEST CHESTER – The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center will celebrate this year’s annual World Helicopter Day on Sunday, Aug. 15, from noon until 4:30 p.m. Two main events will make the ...

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Two people aboard a small gyrocopter sustained minor injuries when it crashed while leaving the Chambers County Airport on Saturday, according to the sheriff's office.

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, ...

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 ...

A gyroplane the Modesto Police Department began leasing around a month ago experienced a mechanical issue Tuesday that led to an emergency landing at the Modesto City-County Airport, the department ...

The German company expects to adopt its two-seat Tensor 600X to hydrogen or electric power. Fraundorfer designed the Tensor 600X two-seat compound gyroplane to take off and land in tight quarters such ...

Skyworks Global’s retro gyrocopter concept took a turn back toward the serious via a partnership with Northrop Grumman-owned Scaled Composites to design, build and test its first prototype aircraft.

With the right flight controls and an ability to use its normally passively rotating wing as a powered rotor, a hybrid gyrocopter borrows an old airframe design for new capabilities. (Screenshot by ...

A peculiar factoid that’s been oft ignored is a lot of the so-called “innovations” in modern helicopters were invented when the technology was still being experimented with. This includes the ...