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Recent Examples of autogiro
The first that went into mass production was the autogiro, developed in 1923 by Juan de la Cierva in Spain.
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Edward C. Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
In 1938, Congress approved legislation intended to rescue the autogiro industry.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
Two years after the autogiro’s 1931 triumphs, its commercial market collapsed.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
Gyrocopters: 1939 to 1940s The autogiro, a single-person helicopter-ish vehicle, was invented in the early 1920s by a Spanish engineer named Juan de law Cierva.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
The Autogyro
Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva invented and first flew his autogiro in Madrid in January 1923.
—Alex Davies, WIRED, 3 July 2014
Edward C. Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
In 1938, Congress approved legislation intended to rescue the autogiro industry.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
Two years after the autogiro’s 1931 triumphs, its commercial market collapsed.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
Gyrocopters: 1939 to 1940s The autogiro, a single-person helicopter-ish vehicle, was invented in the early 1920s by a Spanish engineer named Juan de law Cierva.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
The Autogyro
Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva invented and first flew his autogiro in Madrid in January 1923.
—Alex Davies, WIRED, 3 July 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for autogiro
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Two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) died in a gyroplane crash near Sirkan, a city in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan, on Monday according to the Fars News Agency.—
Michael D. Carroll AND Maya Mehrara,
Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2024
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An 83-year-old woman was killed in a gyroplane plane crash Saturday in Napoleon Township, police said.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Aug. 2024
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However, their need to access hard-to-reach places quickly, particularly destinations with short or no runways, is driving several leading private jet flight providers to launch or expand operations and partnerships that utilize turboprop, piston and rotorcraft aircraft.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Contracts include a $255 million deal to launch NASA's Roman Space Telescope on a Falcon Heavy in 2026, a $178 million launch contract for NASA's Europa Clipper on Falcon Heavy, and a $256.6 million contract to launch the Dragonfly rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan, among others.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Operation Spider’s Web saw 117 attack drones, mostly small, relatively cheap tilt-rotor forward-person view drones, suddenly emerge from hidden crates inside trucks strategically parked near Russian airbases thousands of miles from Ukraine.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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This is not the first time that an eVTOL has made such a transition flight with a pilot aboard, but the others by the likes of Beta Technologies and Wick Aero used aircraft with separate horizontal and vertical flight systems, while the S4 used a tilt-rotor system for both maneuvers.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Autogiro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autogiro. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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