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  2. Bensen B-8 - Wikipedia

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    The Bensen B-8 is a small, single-seat autogyro developed in the United States in the 1950s. Although the original manufacturer stopped production in 1987, plans for homebuilders are still available as of 2019.

  3. Bensen Aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Autogyro [1] Bensen B-12: 1961 1 Experimental VTOL aircraft Bensen B-13: 1963 [1] Bensen Mid-Jet: 1953 1 Experimental helicopter Bensen X-25: 1968 2 Experimental autogyro

  4. Bensen B-7 - Wikipedia

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    The Bensen B-7 was a small rotor kite developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the 1950s and marketed for home building. It was a refined to be a slightly larger version of the B-6, replacing the skids with a tricycle undercarriage, and adding a single large fin to the rear of the aircraft.

  5. Brock KB-2 - Wikipedia

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    Ken Brock was an early innovator in homebuilt gyrocopters starting with his first ride in 1957. [3] Brock set to work on building and marketing a series of homebuilt gyroplanes with the KB-1 and later the KB-2.

  6. Igor Bensen - Wikipedia

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    Bensen flew his first towed gyroglider in 1954. [1] He founded the Popular Rotorcraft Association (PRA) [2] in 1962, a non-profit interest group for owners and homebuilders of autogyros and helicopters, based in Mentone, Indiana.

  7. Autogyro - Wikipedia

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    The following day, she increased the altitude by a further 261 m, reaching 8,399 m (27,556 ft), setting the new altitude world record with an autogyro. She improved by 350 m (+4.3%) the preceding record established by Andrew Keech in 2004. [58] Autogyro Little Nellie with its creator and pilot, Ken Wallis

  8. Little Wing Autogyros, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Herron set out to design a safer autogyro, after experiences flying the Bensen B-8M in the mid-1970s. The company's designs use an unusual control system, common to all the Little Wing Autogyros, that was designed by David Kay in the early 1930s. It uses a mast that is fixed fore-and-aft, but which pivots laterally for banking the aircraft.

  9. Skyworks Aeronautics - Wikipedia

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    Skyworks Aeronautics Corp., formerly Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc., Groen Aeronautics Corporation and Skyworks Global, is an American autogyro research and development company based in Chicago. The company was founded in 1986 by David Groen and his late brother Jay Groen in Salt Lake City, Utah. David Groen remains as Senior Advisor. [3] [4] [5]