Air Command International, Inc. is an American

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originally based in

Wylie, Texas Wylie is a city and northeastern suburb of Dallas, that was once solely located in Collin County, but now extends into neighboring Dallas and Rockwall counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on State Route 78 about northeast of centr ...

, later in

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and now in

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. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

autogyro An autogyro (from Greek and , "self-turning"), also known as a ''gyroplane'', is a type of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. Forward thrust is provided independently, by an engine-driven propeller. Whi ...

s in the form of kits for amateur construction for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles and the US ''Experimental - Amateur-built'' aircraft categories.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pages 202-203. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485XBayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 174. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XCliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page F-2. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 316. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Downey, Julia: ''2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, pages 53-54. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 The company was founded by Dennis Fetters, who later went on to start the troubled

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and Fetters Aerospace in

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. The

Air Command Commander The Air Command Commander is an American autogyro that was designed and produced by Air Command International, with its first flight in 1984. Production was completed by 2003. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Cliche ...

was introduced by the company in 1984 for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category. Follow-up models included the single-seat Air Command Commander Elite, the single seat

Air Command Commander Sport The Air Command Commander Sport is an American autogyro that was designed and produced by Air Command International of Wylie, Texas. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, ...

and Air Command Single Place, plus the two-seat Air Command Commander 147A, two seat Air Command Commander Side-By-Side, two seat

Air Command Commander Tandem The Air Command Commander Tandem is an American autogyro that was designed and produced by Air Command International of Wylie, Texas. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, ...

and two seat Air Command Tandem, all for the US homebuilt aircraft category. In 1998 the company was employing Skywheels rotor blades, but changed to McCutchen. In about 2004 the company switched from using McCutchen rotor blades to using Dragon Wings rotor blades.

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* {{Air Command International aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the United States Autogyros Homebuilt aircraft