Instead it used a freely-spinning rotor called an autogyro. As air passed naturally ... the unpowered spinning rotor lifted more than half the aircraft’s weight. To take off and land vertically ...

Sure, these aircraft are cool. But are they Bond cool? We ask real-life pilots to weigh in. Wallis WA-116 “Little Nellie” Autogyro The autogyro—a rotorcraft using an unpowered overhead rotor ...

The AutoGyro aircraft model MTOsport 2010, registered 5Y-KWV, went down at about 7 am during a routine training exercise. It caught fire when it crash-landed at the Orly Airpark, authorities said.

The Pegasus “Gyroplane” has been around since the early 1960's but a new hybrid-electric design could finally bring a full production run for the distinctive aircraft. The intellectual ...