The autogyro, with its unmistakable silhouette and ingenious simplicity, has long fascinated aviation enthusiasts. The concept attracted pilots interested in the idea of rotary-wing flight without the ...

A dozen years ago, Norman Surplus was given a 40% chance of surviving 18 months. Today, he’s reaching for the skies in the helicopter’s ‘forgotten cousin’ When Norman Surplus was diagnosed with ...

Modern autogyros are experiencing a renaissance in Europe, with advanced designs and a thriving market, starkly contrasting their limited availability and regulatory hurdles in the U.S. Flying ...

Although drones are a good substitute for piloted aircraft in hazardous weather conditions, it's obviously still best for their users if the things don't crash. The Czech-designed ThunderFly TF-G1 ...

Aviation consists of two major groups. Airplane enthusiasts, and helicopter enthusiasts. The two groups rarely get along, each extolling the virtues of their chosen craft. Somewhere in between are ...

Out in the RC Airplane world, there is a great airframe called the Slow Stick. There is not much going on with this plane as it only has the bare necessities, a motor, wing, tail and a fiberglass tube ...