Monday, November 20, 2017

New technology hoping to revolutionize search and rescue

AirGyro Aviation is a gyro-copter

distributor based out of Spanish Fork. A gyro-copter looks similar to a helicopter, but has a backwards-facing propeller attached to the body as well.
"You can fly 15 feet off the ground if you want to, and can land on a 15 foot strip," said Joshua Humphreys, company General Manager. Humphreys has two gyro-copters sitting in his hanger at the Spanish Fork Airport.
Humphreys says the cost of the gyro-copter is about 10 percent of what a standard helicopter costs, and the hope is to get them in the hands of sheriff departments who otherwise couldn't afford such a resource.
Yet, the most impressive part could be what they strap to it.