Autogiro/Gyroplane Gallery 1

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*from Stephen Pitcairn*	Amelia Earhart with the Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro in 1931.
Amelia Earhart with the Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro in 1931.		*from Stephen Pitcairn*
*from Stephen Pitcairn*	Amelia Earhart with the Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro at Glendale, CA Grand Central Air Terminal on July 7, 1931. Earhart arrived from PA on what she thought was the first transcontinental Autogiro flight only to discover that John M. "Johnny" Miller had beaten her by 10 days.
Amelia Earhart with the Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro in 1931.		*from Stephen Pitcairn*
*from Stephen Pitcairn*	Amelia Earhart with the Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro in 1931.
Amelia Earhart with the Pitcairn factory PCA-2 Autogiro on April 8, 1931 at Pitcairn Field, Bryn Athyn, PA where she set a world altitude record of 18,415 ft.		*from Stephen Pitcairn*
*from Stephen Pitcairn*	Amelia Earhart with the Beech-Nut Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro stopping at Rock Spring, Wyoming in June 1931. Note the man on the right wearing a gun.