gyrocopter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gyrocopter
First recorded in 1910–15; gyro- + (heli)copter
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A Rotorway 162F helicopter and an ELA Eclipse 10 gyrocopter collided shortly after noon local time at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, authorities said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
The three-wheeled PAL-V Liberty, which flies like a gyrocopter, is road legal in Europe and working towards European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022
Since then, Wicker said the nonprofit has been given other vehicles, including a gyrocopter and two Cessna O-1 Bird Dogs.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2021
In the same hearing, members wondered how Capitol Police could have been so unprepared that same year for a gyrocopter landing on the West Lawn.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2021
The gyrocopter that could carry them aloft, out of the rout, was fifty feet away.
From The Great Dome on Mercury by Arthur Leo Zagat
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