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 ...

TOMBALL, Texas -- The last thing you want to hear before you climb into an open aircraft with no doors is how cheap it is to fly, but that's the first thing the police chief tells me before strapping ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dean Siracusa, a Texas-based fixed-wing pilot and CEO of Flying Eyes Optics, had a memorable introductory flight in an open-cockpit tandem Autogyro over the scenic Scottish Highlands. The experience, ...

Doha: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) launched yesterday the environmental meteorological monitoring system using the autogyro aircraft, and the first flight began from Umm Al ...

JACKSON — Power parachuters Stephen and Terry Rastanis, of Walker, realized when the weather was even a bit windy, their hobby often became grounded. But after their first ride in an autogyro less ...

In this video I take the Durafly Auto G2 V2 autogyro out for its maiden flight and show how it blurs the line between RC airplane and helicopter. I walk through the four channel setup, demonstrate the ...

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 ...