Igor Bensen

Igor Bensen

Igor Bensen (April 1, 1917 – February 10, 2000) was the founder of the Bensen Aircraft, which produced a successful line of Gyrogliders (rotor kites) and Autogyros. He was born in Rostov, Russia and eventually reached the United States in the late 1940s.

Bensen founded the [http://www.pra.org/ Popular Rotorcraft Association] in 1962, a non-profit interest group for owners and home-builders of autogyros and helicopters, based in Mentone, Indiana.

ee also

*Bensen Aircraft
*Gyroglider
*Gyrocopter
*Bensen B-5
*Bensen B-6
*Bensen B-7
*Bensen B-8
*Bensen B-9
*Bensen B-10
*Bensen B-11
*Bensen B-12
*Bensen B-13
*Bensen Mid-Jet
*Bensen X-25

References

* [http://www.gyroplanepassion.com/Igor_Bensen.html Biography of Igor Bensen]


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