From Autogiro to Gyroplane: The Amazing Survival of an Aviation Technology by Bruce H. Charnov
From Autogiro to Gyroplane: The Amazing Survival of an Aviation Technology

Bruce H. Charnov

From Autogiro to Gyroplane: The Amazing Survival of an Aviation Technology

Bruce H. Charnov

416 pages hardcover

1 edition

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Predating the invention of the helicopter by two decades, the Autogiro was the world's first rotary-wing aircraft. The helicopter had the advantageous ability to rise straight up, while the Autogiro/gyroplane could only taxi. Yet the gyroplane was...

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