Editing Autogyro (section)

== World records ==

In 1931, [[Amelia Earhart]] (U.S.) flew a [[Pitcairn PCA-2]] to a women's world altitude record of 18,415&nbsp;ft (5,613&nbsp;m).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/achievements.html |title = Achievements |work = Official Amelia Earhart website |access-date = 9 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071222054902/http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/achievements.html |archive-date = 22 December 2007 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

[[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] [[Ken Wallis]] (U.K.) held most of the autogyro world records during his autogyro flying career. These include a time-to-climb,<ref name=FAI_c3>{{cite web |url = http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5346 |title = FAI Record ID #5346 – Autogyro, Time to climb to a height of 3000 m |publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI) |access-date = 28 November 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203042549/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5346 |archive-date = 3 December 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> a speed record of 189&nbsp;km/h (111.7&nbsp;mph),<ref name=FAI_s15>{{cite web |url = http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=303 |title = FAI Record ID #303 – Autogyro, Speed over a straight 15/25 km course |publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI) |access-date = 28 November 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203035624/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=303 |archive-date = 3 December 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and the straight-line distance record of {{convert|869.23|km|mi|abbr=on}}. On 16{{nbsp}}November 2002, at 89 years of age, Wallis increased the speed record to 207.7&nbsp;km/h (129.1&nbsp;mph)<ref name=FAI_s3>{{cite web |url = http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7601 |title = FAI Record ID #7601 – Autogyro, Speed over a 3 km course |publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI) |access-date = 28 November 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034031/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7601 |archive-date = 3 December 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref> – and simultaneously set another world record as the oldest pilot to set a world record.

Until 2019, the autogyro was one of the last remaining types of aircraft which had not yet [[circumnavigate]]d the globe. The 2004 [[Expedition Global Eagle]] was the first attempt to do so using an autogyro.<ref name=BBC1>{{cite web |title = Nottingham Features – Magnigyro record attempt |website = BBC |date = 5 September 2002 |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2004/04/magnigyro_record_attempt.shtml |access-date = 2019-08-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200426001338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2004/04/magnigyro_record_attempt.shtml |archive-date = 26 April 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> The expedition set the record for the longest flight over water by an autogyro during the segment from [[Muscat, Oman]], to [[Karachi]].<ref name=YorkshirePost>{{cite web |title = The Eagle has landed – but pilot vows to try again |website = Yorkshire Post |date = 21 October 2004 |url = https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/the-eagle-has-landed-but-pilot-vows-to-try-again-1-2550374 |access-date = 2019-08-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190823032135/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/the-eagle-has-landed-but-pilot-vows-to-try-again-1-2550374 |archive-date = August 23, 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The attempt was finally abandoned because of bad weather after having covered {{convert|7500|mi|km}}.

<!--Barry Jones was superseded http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7639 -->
[[File:Littlewing.JPG|thumb|right|Little Wing Autogyro]]
{{as of|2014}}, Andrew Keech (U.S.) holds several records. He made a transcontinental flight in his self-built [[Little Wing Autogyro]] "Woodstock" from [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]], to [[San Diego]], [[California]], in October 2003, breaking the record set 72{{nbsp}}years earlier by [[Johnny Miller (aviator)|Johnny Miller]] in a Pitcairn PCA-2. He also set three world records for speed over a recognized course.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.fai.org/cig-news/32190-Class-E-%28Rotorcraft%29-record-claims-ratified |publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] |title = Class E (Rotorcraft) record claims ratified |date = 26 February 2004 |access-date = 12 September 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225258/http://www.fai.org/cig-news/32190-Class-E-%28Rotorcraft%29-record-claims-ratified |archive-date = 12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7928 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225230/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7928 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7945 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225301/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7945 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7946 1+2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912230836/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=7946 |date=12 September 2014 }}</ref> On 9{{nbsp}}February 2006 he broke two of his world records and set a record for distance, ratified by the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI): Speed over a closed circuit of {{convert|500|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} without payload: {{convert|168.29|km/h|mph|2|abbr=on}},<ref name=distance500>"[http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13113 FAI Record ID #13113 – Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km without payload] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913010836/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13113 |date=13 September 2014 }}" ''[[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI).'' Retrieved: 12 September 2014.</ref> speed over a closed circuit of {{convert|1000|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} without payload: {{convert|165.07|km/h|mph|2|abbr=on}},<ref name=distance1000>"[http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13115 FAI Record ID #13115 – Speed over a closed circuit of 1000 km without payload] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225304/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13115 |date=12 September 2014 }}" ''[[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI).'' Retrieved: 12 September 2014.</ref> and distance over a closed circuit without landing: {{convert|1019.09|km|mi|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=distance1019>"[http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13111 FAI Record ID #13111 – Speed over a closed circuit without landing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912230825/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=13111 |date=12 September 2014 }}" ''[[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI).'' Retrieved: 12 September 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://records.fai.org/data?p=4246 |publisher = [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] |title = History of Records: Andrew C. KEECH (USA) |access-date = 11 January 2011 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><!--over 20 current records as of 2014-->

[[File:Magni Gyro M16.JPG|thumbnail|left|MagniGyro M16&nbsp;– Altitude world record holder]]

On 7 November 2015, the Italian astrophysicist and pilot [[Donatella Ricci]] took off with a [[Magni M-16 Tandem Trainer|MagniGyro M16]] from the Caposile aerodrome in Venice, aiming to set a new altitude world record. She reached an altitude of 8,138.46&nbsp;m (26,701&nbsp;ft), breaking the women's world altitude record held for 84{{nbsp}}years by Amelia Earhart. The following day, she increased the altitude by a further 261&nbsp;m, reaching 8,399&nbsp;m (27,556&nbsp;ft), setting the new altitude world record with an autogyro. She improved by 350&nbsp;m (+4.3%) the preceding record established by Andrew Keech in 2004.<ref name="nuovavenezia.gelocal.it">{{cite news |url = https://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/venezia/cronaca/2015/11/08/news/donatella-ricci-record-di-volo-con-l-autogiro-1.12408313 |title = Donatella Ricci, record di volo con l'"autogiro" |date = 8 November 2015 |last = Bianchi |first = Simone |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160604081201/http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/venezia/cronaca/2015/11/08/news/donatella-ricci-record-di-volo-con-l-autogiro-1.12408313 |archive-date = 4 June 2016 |url-status = dead |access-date = 26 April 2020 }}</ref>

[[File:Little Nellie.jpg|thumb|Autogyro ''Little Nellie'' with its creator and pilot, [[Ken Wallis]]]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of autogyro records
|-
! rowspan="1" | Year
! rowspan="1" | Pilot
! rowspan="1" | Record type
! rowspan="1" | Record
! rowspan="1" | Aircraft
! rowspan="1" | Notes
|-
| 1998 || [[Ken Wallis]] (U.K.) || Time to climb 3000m || 7:20 min<ref name="FAI_c3" /> || Wallis Type WA-121/Mc (G-BAHH) ||
|-
| 2002 || [[Ken Wallis]] (U.K.) || Speed over a 3&nbsp;km course || 207.7&nbsp;km/h<ref name="FAI_s3" /> || Wallis Type WA-121/Mc (G-BAHH) || Oldest pilot to set the record
|-
| 2015 || [[Donatella Ricci]] (ITA) || Altitude || 8399 m<ref name="nuovavenezia.gelocal.it" /> || Magni M16 – Rotax 914 engine ||
|-
| 2015 || Paul A Salmon (USA) || Distance without landing || 1653.0&nbsp;km<ref name="FAI_distance">"[http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=17745 FAI Record ID #17745 – Autogyro, distance without landing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124093851/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=17745 |date=24 November 2015 }}" ''[[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] (FAI).'' Retrieved: 22 November 2015.</ref> || Magni M22-Missing Link II (N322MG) || 10 November 2015
|-
|2015
|Norman Surplus (U.K.)
|First crossing of the Atlantic Ocean<ref name="Norman Frank Surplus GBR 17629">{{Cite web |date = 2017-10-10 |title = Norman Frank Surplus (GBR) (17629) |url = https://www.fai.org/record/17629 |access-date = 2021-03-31 |website = www.fai.org |language = en |archive-date = 29 November 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201129195631/https://www.fai.org/record/17629 |url-status = live }}</ref>
|5.3&nbsp;km/h<ref name="Norman Frank Surplus GBR 17629"/>
|Autogyro MT-03
(G-YROX)
|11 August
2015
|-
|2019
|Norman Surplus (U.K.)
|First physical circumnavigation of the world <ref>{{Cite news |date = 2019-06-29 |title = First autogyro round-the-world trip completed by Larne pilot |language = en-GB |work = BBC News |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48811534 |access-date = 2021-03-31 |archive-date = 11 January 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220111093207/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-48811534 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last = Tye |first = Dan |date = 2019-07-02 |title = Norman Surplus completes round-the-world autogyro adventure |url = https://www.adventure52.com/adventure-sports/flying/norman-surplus-completes-round-the-world-autogyro-adventure/ |access-date = 2021-03-31 |website = Adventure 52 |language = en-GB |archive-date = 27 February 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210227120705/https://www.adventure52.com/adventure-sports/flying/norman-surplus-completes-round-the-world-autogyro-adventure/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last = Basken |first = Christina |date = 2019-07-25 |title = Whirling Around the World — Taking a Gyroplane on a Worldwide Journey |url = https://inspire.eaa.org/2019/07/25/whirling-around-the-world-taking-a-gyroplane-on-a-worldwide-journey/ |access-date = 2021-03-31 |website = Hangar Flying |language = en-US |archive-date = 26 November 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201126154735/http://inspire.eaa.org/2019/07/25/whirling-around-the-world-taking-a-gyroplane-on-a-worldwide-journey/ |url-status = live }}</ref>
(4 years 28 days)
|not submitted for speed record
|Autogyro MT-03
(G-YROX)
|28 June
2019
|-
|2019
|[[James Ketchell]] (U.K.)
|First circumnavigation of the world<ref name="World Records">{{Cite web |title = First circumnavigation by autogyro |url = https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/601558-first-circumnavigation-by-autogyro |access-date = 2021-03-21 |website = Guinness World Records |language = en-GB |archive-date = 30 July 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210730083033/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/601558-first-circumnavigation-by-autogyro |url-status = live }}</ref> and speed around the world, eastbound<ref name="wwwfaiorg-2019">{{Cite web |date = 2019-09-30 |title = James Ketchell (GBR) (19101) |url = https://www.fai.org/record/19101 |access-date = 2021-03-21 |website = www.fai.org |language = en |archive-date = 29 January 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200129192202/https://www.fai.org/record/19101 |url-status = live }}</ref>
|44,450&nbsp;km
|Magni M16C
(G-KTCH)
|22 September 2019
|}

[[Norman Surplus]], from Larne in Northern Ireland, became the second person to attempt a world circumnavigation by gyroplane/autogyro type aircraft on 22{{nbsp}}March 2010, flying a Rotorsport UK MT-03 Autogyro, registered G-YROX. Surplus was unable to get permission to enter Russian airspace from Japan, but he established nine world autogyro records on his flight between Northern Ireland and Japan between 2010 and 2011. FAI world records for autogyro flight.<!-- use Surplus as Person search word – no direct link to list --><ref>Norman Surplus (GYROX) list on FAI: [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16278 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225127/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16278 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16281 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912230822/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16281 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=15905 3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912230839/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=15905 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16016 4] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912230830/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16016 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16017 5] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912230819/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16017 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16018 6] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225312/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16018 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16022 7] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912230833/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16022 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16277 8] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225156/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16277 |date=12 September 2014 }} [http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16280 9] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912225308/http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=16280 |date=12 September 2014 }}</ref>

G-YROX was delayed (by the Russian impasse) in Japan for over three years before being shipped across the Pacific to the state of [[Oregon]], United States. From 1{{nbsp}}June 2015, Surplus flew from [[McMinnville, Oregon]], across the continental United States, through northern Canada/Greenland, and in late July/August made the first crossing of the North Atlantic by autogyro aircraft to land back in [[Larne, Northern Ireland]] on 11{{nbsp}}August 2015. He established a further ten FAI World Records during this phase of the circumnavigation flight.

After a nine-year wait (since 2010), permission to fly U.K. registered gyroplanes through the Russian Federation was finally approved, and on 22{{nbsp}}April 2019, Surplus and G-YROX continued eastwards from Larne, Northern Ireland, to cross Northern Europe and rendezvous with fellow gyroplane pilot James Ketchell piloting Magni M16 Gyroplane G-KTCH. Flying in loose formation the two aircraft made the first Trans-Russia flight by gyroplane together to reach the [[Bering Sea]]. To cross the [[Bering Strait]], the two aircraft took off from Provideniya Bay, Russia on 7{{nbsp}}June 2019 and landed at [[Nome, Alaska]] on 6{{nbsp}}June having also made the first gyroplane crossing of the [[International Date Line]]. After crossing Alaska and western Canada, on 28{{nbsp}}June 2019, Surplus piloting G-YROX, became the first person to circumnavigate the world in a gyroplane upon returning to the [[Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum]], McMinnville, Oregon, U.S.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Over the nine years it had taken Surplus to complete the task, G-YROX flew {{convert|27,000|nmi|km}} through 32{{nbsp}}countries.

The first physical circumnavigation of the globe by an Autogyro, Oregon to Oregon, had taken Surplus and G-YROX, four years and 28 days to complete, after being dogged by long diplomatic delays in gaining the necessary permission to fly across Russian Federation Airspace. However, as the flight had been severely stalled and interrupted en-route by lengthy delays it was no longer deemed eligible for setting a first, continuously flown, speed record around the world and so this task was then left to James Ketchell to complete, by setting a first official speed record flight around the world for an Autogyro type aircraft, some three months later.

Subsequently, on 22{{nbsp}}September 2019, Ketchell was awarded the world record from the [[Guinness World Records]] as the first circumnavigation of the world in an autogyro<ref name="World Records" /> and from the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] for the first certified "Speed around the World, Eastbound" circumnavigation in an E-3a Autogyro. He completed his journey in 175 days.<ref name="wwwfaiorg-2019" />