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Fayette Deputies were called to a residence near old Greenville Road September 8th. When deputies responded to the residence the body of 72 year old Douglas White was found under a Gyro-copter at the residence. Sheriff Babb said that the FAA is investigating the accident. Along with the Fayette County Corner Mr. Whites body was found by deputies at his residence on Porter Court near Old Greenville Road in South Fayette County. Sheriff Babb said that FAA Personnel indicated A Gyro-copter is a type of rotor-craft, that does not stall or tail-spin and can even land smoothly after the engine has stopped in mid-air. Gyro-Flying is not more dangerous then driving in a car (in fact, the statistics say that flying Gyro-copters is actually by far safer), according to flygyro.com. More information is expected to be released later.
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