The Dream Of Gyrocopter Flight
The life and times of the homebuilt rotorcraft comes of age, courtesy of Brock Manufacturing. According to the FAA, the most numerous type of homebuilt…
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Where Are Our Wankel Engines
We need this lightweight engine NOW! ARTICLE DATE: September 1976 Aviation magazines and, sometimes, even the Sunday newspaper supplements print articles about “the” great new…
Popular Rotorcraft Association Raleigh-Durham Airport Fly In 1966
ARTICLE DATE: October 1966 Who are all those people driving hundreds even thousands of miles towing home-made or modified boat trailers filled with bug-like, rotarywing…
Two-Stoke Engine Powerplant Of The Future
ARTICLE DATE: November 1991 Back in the 1960s, one of the trendiest cars to own was the Saab. It was cute, practical, and plenty powerful….
Paso Robles Gyrocopter Fly In 1986
September/October 1986 To rotorcraft fans it was Oshkosh, the Paris Air Show and Christmas morning all in one four-day event. It was the 24th Annual…
Jim Eich Flying Hull Two-Place Dual-Control JE-2 Gyroplane
Move over, O’ sky and seagoing ships of Robur the Conqueror and Captain Nemo! ARTICLE DATE: September/October 1986 Make room for this funky looking modern…
Spry Rotorcraft at Raleigh Durham Fly In
PAGE SHAMBURGER tells it as it was at Raleigh-Durham during the PRA’s annual fly-in/trailer-in show. Quite an (un)convention! ARTICLE DATE: January 1969 THE POPULAR ROTORCRAFT…
Magni Gyrocopter Pilot Flies Coast To Coast
A few months ago I got the idea that I’d like to fly from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This notion never even occurred…
The Aurora Butterfly Gyroplane
ARTICLE DATE: November – December 2008 Valorie White, the new Executive Vice President of The Butterfly LLC, introduced the new Aurora Butterfly Gyroplane to the…
Arrowcopter Modern STOL Gyrocopter
One pilot’s quest for performance leads to a gyrocopter GYROCOPTERS AND THE PROMISE of efficient, economical vertical flight first captivated my imagination in 1996 when…