The Florida mailman who landed a gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol last month is facing new charges and the potential of nearly a decade behind bars. A federal grand jury has indicted Doug ...

The aircraft goes by several other names: a gyroplane, an autogyro or a rotoplane -- to name a few. The FAA uses the term gyroplane. So, we will, too. Gyroplanes were invented by Juan de la Cierva in ...

An 83-year-old woman from Napoleon Township in Jackson County died in a gyroplane crash Saturday on a private airstrip on her property, according to Napoleon Township Police, about 13 years after ...

Editor’s Note: Les Abend is a Boeing 777 captain for a major airline with 30 years of flying experience. He is also a CNN aviation analyst and senior contributor to Flying magazine. The opinions ...

Tuesday's fatal gyroplane crash in Highlands County has raised questions about the aircraft at the center of the tragedy. The aircraft goes by several other names: a gyrocopter, an autogyro or a ...

WASHINGTON — The Florida postal carrier charged Thursday with two federal crimes for steering his small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace “literally flew under the radar” to the lawn of ...

Never mind the flying car. It's all about slowed-rotor/compound, according to Carter Aviation Technologies. SR/C is what the Texas company considers the key to a practical, personal transportation ...

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va. (WVEC) -- A Virginia State Police spokeswoman said the engine of a gyrocopter stopped running causing the aircraft to crash Sunday. Sgt. Michelle Anaya said the pilot, ...

Reports of the crash were made at about 7.15am on Sunday morning, after the air craft plunged into a private property on Snipey Road, in Goulburn Weir. A male passenger in his 70s was also in the ...