I believe it´s the Italian made Magni autogyro!
see:
Magni USA
I did see the send off in Sky news, excellent show.
Best of luck to him. I hope to meet him when he comes through Greenland or Iceland.
I have done the trip between Greenland and Iceland several times in helicopters (incl JetRanger). Its a difficult trip mainly due to unreliable weather reports, which is because there are very few weather reporting stations in the area. The WX at destination and departure point may be fine and forecasted ok enroute, but you never know if you run into fog midway that can be from MSL to 10.000´.
You just dont know until you´r enroute.
By the way I have about 50 hrs in Gyro´s, mainly AirCommand. The aircraft can easily make the trip, its the weather thats the problem. But luckily the Gyro handles wind very well and he can land almost anywhere.