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With Security Fears Heightened, Gyroplane Could Be All the Buzz
The Washington Post; 7/18/2002; Rosalind S. Helderman; 927 words;
From a gyroplane flying low and slow, downtown Leesburg ... tangles or terrorists on foot from the gyroplane's generous windows. Add a few high-tech ... III, chief of flight operations for the gyroplane's manufacturer, Groen Brothers Aviation ...
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&type=1 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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Qld: Man dies in gyroplane crash
AAP General News (Australia); 5/6/2001; 97 words;
AAP General News (Australia) 05-06-2001 Qld: Man dies in gyroplane crash BRISBANE, May 6 AAP - A 67-year-old man died when his gyroplane crashed near Maryborough in south-east Queensland, police said. A spokesman said the pilot, Robert Keith Henning, who is believed to have come from the area, was testing ...
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&type=1 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Pilot may have set gyroplane record
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/10/2005; 424 words;
... possibly set the record for flying a gyroplane through the 48 contiguous United States ... I'm ready to do it all over again." A gyroplane is a small, helicopter-like aircraft ... no other pilot in the U.S. has flown a gyroplane through 48 contiguous states. At least ...
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Gyroplane likely hit by bullet over Springville
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/9/2005; Laura Hancock Deseret Morning News; 489 words;
... feet elevation last Wednesday when a bullet hit his gyroplane's propeller. No one was injured, but Burton shakes ... trip to the Spanish Fork-Springville Airport, the gyroplane made an unfamiliar whistling sound. They inspected ... it was built to land in rough terrain. In other gyroplanes, the lack of ...
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&type=1 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Army pilot breaks gyroplane flight record.(News)
The Independent (London, England); 2/25/2003; 50 words;
AN ARMY helicopter pilot broke the world record for continuous flight in an open-cockpit gyroplane yesterday. WO Barry Jones, 36, flew 584 miles from Culdrose in Cornwall to Wick, Caithness, in seven hours and 23 minutes. The ...
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RADICAL ROTORCRAFT.(purchasing a gyroplane)(Buyers Guide)
Popular Mechanics; 8/1/2001; WILSON, JIM; 1661 words;
... You never forget your first flight in a gyroplane. Strapped tight in a beach chair of a ... forward on the stick. The nose of the gyroplane drops as your shoulder feels the cut ... the immutable laws of aerodynamics, the gyroplane levels, gently kisses the ground and ...
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Gyroplane Crashes At Leesburg Airport
The Washington Post; 10/23/2003; Barbara E. Martinez; 341 words;
A gyroplane, which flies using a propeller and rotor ... Burgess of Frederick, who was piloting the gyroplane, said he was testing it with Paul W ... of months," said Burgess, who said a gyroplane must be tested for 40 hours to be certified ...
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Low altitude gyroplane is high flyer in exports.(Business Profile)(Rotary Air Force Marketing Inc.)
SaskBusiness; 3/1/2005; 685 words;
... all about this reputation. His patented gyroplane is one of the most competitively priced ... technologies. The RAF 2000 is also recognized by gyroplane enthusiasts as the best looking machine ... Lafleur exports about 90 per cent of his gyroplanes. He has sold them to recreational pilots ...
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Loose seat attachment may have caused fatal gyroplane crash
Yorkshire Post; 9/9/2005; 321 words;
Paul Jeeves A PILOT who died when his gyroplane crashed in North Yorkshire could have lost control ... experienced glider pilot, but had little flight time in gyroplanes. The report said the gyroplane, which had both rotor blades and a propeller, had ...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News)&type=1 "The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Utah Aircraft Developer to Unveil New Gyroplane Prototype.
The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 6/25/2003; 352 words;
... unveil the prototype of its new SparrowHawk gyroplane at the upcoming July conventions of the Popular ... American Autogyro subsidiary that will market the gyroplane kits. But what is more exciting is that we ... 000 stabilization upgrade kits for a rival gyroplane maker's aircraft. It expects to begin ...
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Variable blade-incidence rotorlifts commercial gyroplane.
Design News; 3/6/2000; DeMeis, Rick; 821 words;
... developing the company's Hawk 4 commercial gyroplane. Add to that a two-year deadline to first ... tools for his small design team. While gyroplanes, or autogyros, have been around since ... smooth-transitioning control forces, he adds. Gyroplane explained. While it looks like a helicopter ...
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GYROPLANE PILOT IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Roanoke Times & World News; 10/8/2007; Annie Johnson annie.johnson@roanoke.com 981-3340; 259 words;
The man who was piloting the gyroplane that crashed in Blacksburg on Saturday ... Sunday evening. Along with piloting gyroplanes, Ranson Pelt Jr. also participates ... Neighbors described seeing the gyroplane circle above the neighborhood about ...
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VICTIM ID'D AS A TECH COLLEAGUE OF GYROPLANE PILOT
Roanoke Times & World News; 10/10/2007; Shawna Morrison shawna.morrison@roanoke.com 381-1665; 584 words;
The pilot of a gyroplane that crashed in Blacksburg on Saturday ... finished constructing his Mad Max II gyroplane, which is classified by the FAA as ... he wrote that he had converted the gyroplane to a two- seater and posted a picture ...
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GYROPLANE CRASH REPORT DOES NOT CITE CAUSE
Roanoke Times & World News; 10/23/2007; Shawna Morrison shawna.morrison@roanoke.com 381-1665; 375 words;
... has released a preliminary report on a gyroplane crash that killed a Christiansburg woman ... does detail communication between the gyroplane's pilot, Ranson Jerome "Randy" Pelt Jr ... the radio, according to the report. The gyroplane then crashed into a back yard off Landsdowne ...
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Florida man killed after gyroplane's blades fly off
Chicago Sun-Times; 3/15/2004; 174 words;
... COAST, Fla. -- A man learning to fly a gyroplane was killed when the aircraft's rotary ... information on his condition Saturday. Gyroplanes are characterized by blades that rotate ... Board were investigating. Fifty-seven gyroplane crashes were recorded nationwide in the ...
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