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autogiro (ˌɔːtəʊˈdʒaɪərəʊ) Also autogyro. [f. auto-1 + It., Sp. giro gyre n.] The proprietary name (in spelling -giro) of a type of aircraft, deriving its lift mainly from a system of freely rotating horizontal vanes, and capable of landing in a very small space.1923 Flight 24 May 275 Some tests hav...
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Kellett Autogiro Corporation
The Kellett Autogiro Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer from 1929 based in Philadelphia, named after founder W. Wallace Kellett. In 1931, Kellett Autogiro licensed, from the Autogiro Company of America, Juan de la Cierva's and Harold Pitcairn's patents for rotary-wing aircraft.
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Juan de la Cierva | Aviation Pioneer, Autogiro Inventor & Helicopter ...
Dec 15, 2023Juan de la Cierva (born September 21, 1895, Murcia, Spain—died December 19, 1936, London, England) Spanish aeronautical engineer who invented the autogiro, an aircraft in which lift is provided by a freely rotating rotor and which served as the forerunner of the helicopter. Although trained as a civil engineer, Cierva became interested in ...
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Autogiro Company of America AC-35
The aircraft was tested by the Autogiro Company of America at Pitcairn Field until 1942. Specifications (AC-35)
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Aerofiles – Autogiro
"Tilt Rotor Steers New Autogiro" – Popular Science Monthly, October 1933
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Cierva Autogiro Company
seat autogiro based on the Avro Type 641 Commodore (project only)
Cierva C.37 - twin engine, twin boom autogiro with 45-foot diameter rotor (project only )
Cierva C.38
Cierva C.39 - two or three fleet spotter autogiro (project only)
Cierva C.40
Weir W.1 - W.4 - Four prototypes of single-place autogiro.
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Buhl A-1 Autogiro
The Buhl A-1 Autogiro was an autogyro optimised for air camera work designed and built from 1930. Specifications
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The Buhl A-1 Autogiro
Bull A-1
Single-engined pusher autogyros
1930s United States experimental
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Cierva C.25
The Cierva C.25 was a British 1930s single-seat autogiro produced by Comper Aircraft Company Ltd of Hooton Park, Cheshire. It was the first autogiro to use the Pobjoy Cataract 7-cylinder geared radial engine.
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Cierva C.40
Development
The C.40 was the last autogiro produced by the Cierva Autogiro Company, Ltd. Based on the C.30A Autogiro the C.40 was originally intended to use a higher power version of the Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine.
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Cierva W.11 Air Horse
The Cierva W.11 Air Horse was a helicopter developed by the Cierva Autogiro Company in the United Kingdom during the mid-1940s. Weir to decline to provide additional funds since the Cierva Autogiro Company required ever-increasing investment.
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Centennial of Flight - Juan de la Cierva
"It is Easy to Fly Autogiro Declares Inventor" Popular Mechanics, January 1930 pg.45 and see drawings by scrolling
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Kay Gyroplane
The first autogiro, registered G-ACVA, first flew on 18 February 1935 from Eastleigh Airport. The second autogiro was not completed. Type 33/1
Single-seat autogiro powered by a Pobjoy R piston engine.
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Pitcairn Aircraft Company
In 1929, Pitcairn formed a separate patent holding company to build autogiros, the Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company, which was later renamed the Autogiro The Pitcairn Autogiro Company was dissolved in 1948.
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James George Weir
He was a successful industrialist who financed Juan de la Cierva's development of the autogiro. In 1926 he helped form and became chairman and managing director of the Cierva Autogiro Company.
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Harold Frederick Pitcairn
He played a key role in the development of the autogyro and founded the Autogiro Company of America. Then in 1938, Cierva Autogiro announced it was abandoning the autogiro business, concentrating on developing a helicopter with the Cierva W.5.
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