autogyros inc. type privately held company industry aerospace founder ron herron headquarters mayflower arkansas united states products kit aircraft owner ron herron and kristine irvin website www.littlewingautogyro.com little wing lw 5 in the eaa airventure museum in oshkosh wisconsin little wing autogyros inc. is an american aircraft manufacturer based in mayflower arkansas and founded by ron herron . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of autogyros in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction including for the us far 103 ultralight vehicles rules . 1 2 3 4 5 the company is jointly owned by ron herron and his fiancee kristine irvin . herron is an instructor of aviation maintenance instructor at pulaski technical college north little rock arkansas and also formerly ran an aviation maintenance facility little wing aviation . 6 herron set out to design a safer autogyro after experiences flying the bensen b 8m in the mid 1970s . the company s designs use an unusual control system common to all the little wing autogyros that was designed by david kay in the early 1930s . it uses a mast that is fixed fore and aft but which pivots laterally for banking the aircraft . longitudinal control is achieved by an elevator and horizontal stabilizer system designed to eliminate power induced bunt push over accidents . 1 6 the company has produced a whole line of single and two seat autogyros based on light aircraft fuselages from the little wing lw 1 to the little wing lw 5 . the little wing roto pup is based on the preceptor ultra pup airframe and optimized for the us far 103 ultralight vehicles rules . 1 2 3 4 5 a little wing lw 5 is preserved in the eaa airventure museum in oshkosh wisconsin . 7 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by little wing autogyros model name first flight number built type little wing lw 1 1995 single seat autogyro little wing lw 2 single seat autogyro little wing lw 3 8 2005 single seat autogyro little wing lw 4 3 2005 two seat autogyro little wing lw 5 two seat autogyro little wing roto pup 3 1998 single seat us far 103 ultralight category autogyro references edit a b c purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook fifth edition page 326 . bai communications 15 july 1998 . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page f 5 . cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 a b downey julia 2005 trikes chutes and rotorcraft directory kitplanes volume 22 number 2 february 2005 page 57 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 a b bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 page 206 . pagefast ltd lancaster uk 2003 . issn 1368 485x a b bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 182 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x a b little wing autogyros inc. . . littlewingautogyro.com . retrieved 31 march 2015 . 2000 herron keech little wing lw 5 autogyro n100mk . eaa.org . retrieved 31 march 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to little wing autogyro . official website v t e little wing autogyros inc. aircraft autogyros lm 1 lm 2 lm 3 lm 4 lm 5 roto pup retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title little wing autogyros inc. & oldid 668331718 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircrafthidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 18 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view