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Stephen Pitcairn Stephen "Steve" Pitcairn flying a restored PCA-2 Autogiro "Miss Champion"

Pitcairn PCA-2 flying over Philadelphia.   Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn Silverbrook Coal Company PCA-2 flown by Frederick A. “Slim” Soule.

Pitcairn PCA-2 (NC 11609) “Miss Champion” originally owned by the Champion Spark Plug Company flown by Stephen Pitcairn. Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn Captain Lewis A. “Lew” Yancey and the Champion Spark Plug Company PCA-2 Autogiro (NC 11609) “Miss Champion” in front of the Temple of the Soldiers at Chicen-Itza in the Yucatán in Mayan exploration under the supervision of Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, Director of Scientific Work for the Carnegie Foundation in February 1932.

Captain Lewis A. “Lew” Yancey flying the Champion Spark Plug Company PCA-2 Autogiro (NC 11609) “Miss Champion” over the Temple of the Soldiers at Chicen-Itza in the Yucatán in Mayan exploration under the supervision of Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, Director of Scientific Work for the Carnegie Foundation in February 1932. Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro flying over the Florida Everglades.

Captain Lewis A. “Lew” Yancey with the Champion Spark Plug Company PCA-2 Autogiro (NC 11609) “Miss Champion” in front of the Temple of Tigers at Chicen-Itza in the Yucatán in Mayan exploration under the supervision of Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, Director of Scientific Work for the Carnegie Foundation in February 1932. Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro (NC12678) at Wings Field, Ambler, PA owned by Anne Strawbridge of Philadelphia who is sitting in the front cockpit. Currently being restored to flying condition by Kate and Jack Tiffany of Spring Valley, OH.

First production PCA-2 to receive Aircraft Type Certificate (ATC #410) on April 2, 1931 was purchased by Detroit News which owned Radio Station WWJ. As William E. Scripps already owned a fixed-wing aircraft, the Autogiro was marked No. 2. The PCA-2 is on display in the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn First production PCA-2 to receive Aircraft Type Certificate (ATC #410) on April 2, 1931 was purchased by Detroit News which owned Radio Station WWJ. As William E. Scripps already owned a fixed-wing aircraft, the Autogiro was marked No. 2. The PCA-2 is on display in the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan.

James G. “Jim” Ray taking off from a parking lot on the east side of the Capitol Building in Washington DC to carry Senator Hiram Bingham to Burning Tree Country Club to play golf. Ray had to climb out over the Senate Office Building to make the ten-minute trip in an effective demonstration of the aircraft’s usefulness – the trip usually took an hour by car. Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn James G. “Jim” Ray taking off with passenger Juan de la Cierva from Pier 38 in Manhattan in a PCA-2 Autogiro in 1931.

Lew Yancey flying “Miss Champion” PCA-2 Autogiro in Yosemite National Park. Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn Stephen Pitcairn with the PCA-2 (NC 11609) originally owned by the Champion Spark Plug Company “Miss Champion” and a small model.

Harold F. Pitcairn and Juan de la Cierva.   Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn Pitcairn PCA-2 flying over the Cathedral in Bryn Athyn, PA.

PAA-1 flying fire patrol over New Jersey pinelands. Stephen Pitcairn

Stephen Pitcairn Pitcairn PA-18 (NC12677) was midway between the larger PCA-2 and smaller PAA-1. Certificated in April 1932, 19 were eventually sold.