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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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The most recent test campaign, captured in our image of the day, focused on software called Extended Robust Aerial Autonomy, designed to help future Mars rotorcraft navigate somewhat featureless terrain, which was the very challenge that caused problems for Ingenuity during its final flights.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Not the least of these is that your average rotorcraft can't manage to lift a payload that weighs more than itself.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Nov. 2025
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The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that at least 10 CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, which are used to transport special forces, arrived in the Caribbean theater from Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
24 Dec. 2025
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The task force uses a variety of aircraft, ranging from F-35 fighter jets to CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters to V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport planes.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Oct. 2025
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New long-range helicopter munition The LRAM effort aims to give Marine rotary-wing aircraft the ability to strike targets at far greater distances than current weapons allow.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
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Byrne said that a fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft could operate as a drone to a larger, passively buoyant platform.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Convertiplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convertiplane. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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