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as in gyroplane
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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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On December 11th, team members previewed the Mars Chopper rotorcraft project, which would be capable of transporting several pounds of equipment while also autonomously exploring as much as 2 miles Mars per day.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
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That is, until DARPA initiated its SPRINT program aimed at making the twain meet in an aircraft that could take off, land, and hover like a rotorcraft and then transition into a jet when in vertical flight.David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
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By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
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Abe has reaffirmed Noda’s plan to buy 42 F-35 fighters and has announced his intention to purchase 17 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and 52 amphibious assault vehicles.Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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“Autogiro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autogiro. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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