Vertical take-off and landing vehicle configured as a compound autogyro

A compound autogyro having built in redundancy for safety purposes, comprising:

• a fuselage devoid of any tail rotors having an upper surface for rotatively supporting at least one rotor blade;
• a number of fixed wings supported by said fuselage, said fixed wings having control surfaces and high lift means;
• at least one rotatively fixed rotor blade that is rotatively supported upon said upper surface of said fuselage;
• and
• a plurality of jet propulsion engines supported by said fuselage for generating thrust to achieve flight and lift, and operatively connected to said at least one rotor blade for rotatively moving said at least one rotor blade, whereby redundancy is built in to the compound autogyro for safety.

A compound autogyro having built in redundancy for safety purposes, comprising:

• a fuselage devoid of any tail rotors having an upper surface for rotatively supporting at least one rotor blade;
• a number of fixed wings supported by said fuselage, said fixed wings having control surfaces and high lift means;
• at least one rotor blade rotatively supported upon said upper surface of said fuselage;
• a plurality of jet propulsion engines supported by said fuselage for generating thrust to achieve flight and lift, and operatively connected to said at least one rotor blade for rotatively moving said at least one rotor blade, whereby redundancy is built in to the compound autogyro for safety;
• and
• thrust means supported by said fuselage and operatively connected to said plurality of jet propulsion engines for directing a vectored thrust from said compound autogyro.