variants
or convertaplane
as in autogiro
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The first that went into mass production was the autogiro, developed in 1923 by Juan de la Cierva in Spain.—
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
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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
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Flight data captured by the website Flightradar24, mapped by Newsweek above, showed the rotorcraft departing US Davis Medical Center in a northerly direction before its signal is lost just before Highway 50.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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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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Expanding into tilt-rotor innovation EHang plans to build on the VT35 platform with future tilt-rotor variants, allowing greater range and operational flexibility.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 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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“Convertiplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convertiplane. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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