Oct 08, 2020 · FAA's rotorcraft personnel are living in the past, remembering the problems of early machines like the Bensen Gyrocopter. Before training and before design evolution, those aircraft did have a undesirable safety record. However, that has been remedied… long ago, actually. Bensen Gyrocopter with a 72 HP McCulloch drone engine, 52 inch prop, Lewis Gulley flying around This film is part 4 in a series on the history of the gyroplane, here we look at the early days of the...