Gyros can’t spin or stall, are easily controlled even if the engine quits, and take off and land in just a few yards. Gyroplanes use pusher propeller engines to spin up unpowered rotor blades, which generate lift. Today’s gyros are safer and more comfortable than the “hang it all out” designs of Bensen and his contemporaries. Bensen Days also welcomes powered rotorcraft, parachutes, and paragliders. The PRA now represents 1,600 gyroplane owners, pilots, and enthusiasts across the globe, and plenty of them trailered their craft, stuffed them in pickup trucks, strapped them to cars, or even flew them to the 39th Bensen Days gathering last March. The annual Bensen Days fly-in, held in Wauchula, Florida, and sponsored by the Sun State Wing and Rotor Club, honors Igor Bensen, father of the personal gyroplane, who in 1962 founded the Popular Rotorcraft Association.
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