New technology hoping to revolutionize search and rescue

  • Source: KSTU-TV Fox 13 Now Salt Lake City
  • Published: 11/14/2017 01:49 PM

VIDEO: Two Utah companies are taking to the skies, in hopes of combining innovative ideas to save lives during search and rescue missions in Utah. 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.



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