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Norman Surplus, from Larne in Northern Ireland, became the second person to attempt a world circumnavigation by gyroplane/autogyro type aircraft on 22 March 2010, flying a Rotorsport UK MT-03 Autogyro, registered G-YROX. Surplus was unable to get permission to enter Russian airspace from Japan, but he established nine world autogyro records on ...
After researching the topic of autogyro flying, Surplus discovered that there were no successful attempts at circumnavigating the globe in an autogyro, [3] so he decided he would attempt it himself. [3] His other occupations included being a video game designer, wind-farmer and lifeboat captain. A book on his round-the-world trip was published ...
Sean Connery triumphed in Japan with a kind of bonsai helicopter, called gyrocopter or autogyro "Little Nellie", against four combat helicopters. The autogyro looked indeed like a small helicopter, but started and landed like an airplane. Still before they have kids and would support their dreams, Melanie and Andreas learned to fly.
The Cavalon is a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration development of the tandem-seating AutoGyro Calidus.It features a single main rotor, an enclosed cockpit with a complete aerodynamic cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912 engine or turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 or 135 ...
B-8M Gyro-Copter - standard motorised version, main production type. Usually powered by a McCulloch 4318 engine B-8MH Hover-Gyro - twin, coaxial rotor design with powered lower rotor and autorotating upper rotor, giving it the capability of hovering.
Data from Bayerl and the manufacturer General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 4.78 m (15 ft 8 in) Width: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Height: 2.74 m (9 ft 0 in) Airfoil: NACA 8-H-12 Empty weight: 265 kg (584 lb) Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb) Fuel capacity: 86 litres (19 imp gal; 23 US gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft ...
The ELA 10 Eclipse has a single main rotor, a two-seats-in tandem enclosed cockpit with a bubble canopy, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants, plus a tail caster and a four-cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912 ULS or turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 engine in pusher configuration.
The Air & Space 18A is a gyroplane that was manufactured in the central United States between 1965 and 2000.. The Air & Space 18A is one of the last three gyroplanes issued a Standard Airworthiness Certificate (September 1961) by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).