Peter Garrison
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Peter Garrison is an American journalist and amateur aircraft designer/builder. He was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1943, and received a BA in English from Harvard College in 1965.
Peter Garrison test-flying the as-yet unpainted Melmoth in 1973. Yarn tufts on fuselage reveal air flow over wing. The horizontal tail was later moved to the top of the vertical tail.
Autogyro
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An autogyro, or gyroplane, is a class of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. While similar to a helicopter rotor in appearance, the autogyro's unpowered rotor disc must have air flowing upward across it to make it rotate.
A modern, closed-cabin, pusher-propeller autogyro in flight
The rotor head, pre-rotator shaft, and Subaru engine configuration on a VPM M-16 autogyro
Russian Gyroplanes Gyros-2 Smartflier
Montgomerie Merlin single-seat autogyro