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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
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
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
Noun
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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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Napoleon Township Police said in a press release that Karol Kay DeGraw died after her gyroplane crashed at a private airstrip on her property.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
4 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Unlike rotorcraft drones, bird-like machines could blend efficiency with stealth, navigating turbulent conditions more naturally.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Research into extra-planetary rotorcraft supports missions like Mars rotorcraft exploration and future planetary science breakthroughs.—
Mike Hirschberg,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Freeland, a trim fifty-four-year-old who served as a pilot in the Marines, said that the Osprey attracted disproportionate criticism because of its novel tilt-rotor technology, and that many helicopters crashed just as often, if not more, when they were first introduced.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Photos released by the Navy show that the Iwo Jima—the flagship of the amphibious ready group—is equipped with AV-8B attack aircraft, MV-22B tilt-rotor transport aircraft, and AH-1Z attack helicopters, as well as landing craft air cushions for amphibious operations.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Autogiro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autogiro. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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