Stephen Pitcairn |
Cierva
C.8W flown by Harold F. Pitcairn, the first rotary aircraft in America,
now in the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. |
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Juan
de la Cierva, inventor of the Autogiro, making a tail-first landing
of G-AAKY in 1931 at Pitcairn Field, Bryn Athyn Field, PA.
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Stephen Pitcairn |
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Stephen Pitcairn |
James
C. “Jim” Ray taking off with passenger Juan de la Cierva
from Pier 38 in Manhattan in a PCA-2 Autogiro in 1931. |
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Spanish
Autogiro inventor Juan de la Cierva
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Stephen Pitcairn |
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Stephen
Pitcairn |
Harold
F. Pitcairn flies the Cierva C.8W over Pitcairn Field. The Bryn Athyn
Cathedral is in the upper right. The C.8W, now in the collection of
the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution,
was the first rotary aircraft in America. |
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Cutaway
of Cierva C.30A direct-control Autogiro
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Aeroplane |
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Jesse Davidson Collection |
Cierva C.6A demonstrated at Farnborough in England by
pilot Captain Frank T. Courtney on October 30, 1925 |
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