Juan de la Cierva
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Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self-taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcr
Juan de la Cierva, inventor of the autogyro at the Lasarte Airfield in 1930
Pitcairn PCA-2 autogyro, built in the US under Cierva license, 1961.
Cierva C.6
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The Cierva C.6 was the sixth autogyro designed by engineer Juan de la Cierva, and the first one to travel a "major" distance. Cierva, the engineer responsible for the invention of the autogyro, had sp
Juan de la Cierva
…flown at Getafe aerodrome in Spain by Lt. Gomez Spencer. This pioneering work was carried out in De la Cierva's native Spain. In 1925, he brought his C.6 to Britain and demonstrated it to the Air Ministry at Farnborough, Hampshire. This machine had a four blade rotor with flapping hinges but relied upon…
Cierva C.6 autogyro taking off
Cierva C.6 replica at the Museo del Aire, Spain