[1][2][3][4] Ron Herron was concerned about the problem of pushover fatalities in pusher gyrocopters.

He set to develop a tractor layout gyrocopter that also met the FAA rules for ultralight aircraft.

The design was influenced by Juan de la Cierva's autogyros.

[5] Andy Keech set 29 world records in an LW-5 Autogyro.

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