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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 little rotorcraft far exceeded mission managers' expectations, completing a total of 72 flights over the course of nearly three years.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
17 May 2026
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At the same time that engineers are preparing to send more helicopters to Mars, NASA is working on a more massive rotorcraft named Dragonfly destined for Saturn’s moon Titan.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Vertical Aerospace has scored a world-first as its full-scale tilt-rotor eVTOL completed a two-way piloted transition between vertical helicopter mode and horizontal airplane mode during a single continuous flight while under regulatory oversight.—
David Szondy
April 17,
New Atlas,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Navy ships also bring CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that can perform vertical takeoffs and landings along with helicopters.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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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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