An instructor inadvertently moved the throttle lever from idle aft toward the 'off' position, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. The instructor took the controls, conducted a power-off ...

Skyryse, an LA-area startup, achieved a Guinness World Record for completing the world's first fully automated autorotation emergency landing procedure in a helicopter without human pilot intervention ...

Skyryse has achieved the first-ever fully automated autorotation landing with its modified Robinson R66 helicopter, which was equipped with the company's FlightOS highly automated flight control ...

Aviation software and safety technology startup Skyryse has successfully executed the world's first fully automated autorotation emergency landing procedure. This milestone marks one of many ...

Huge props to these two helicopter test pilots, who have white-knuckled it through one of the most harrowing experiences in rotorcraft flight – an unpowered autorotation emergency landing – allowing ...

This autorotation practice by the author in Montana illustrated a higher rate of descent, reduced rotor RPM build in autorotation, low initial rotor RPM response, the requirement for a higher flare ...