| He has flown in a powered parachute, an engineless gyroplane and helicopters of various sorts. |
| Jim Tecu has taken to the air in a sail plane glider, a gyroplane and a Cold War vintage Czech jet fighter. |
| A gyroplane combines features from an airplane and a helicopter. |
| The first flight took place in 1907 when Frenchman Louis Charles Berguet who developed a prototype gyroplane which remained above the ground for just over a minute. |
| The gyroplane, which had both rotor blades and a propeller, had reached a height of no more than 20 ft after take-off when it started to nosedive. |
| With this assurance from the owner, the inspector had certified the gyroplane as serviceable and had recommended that its permit to fly be renewed. |
