autogiro
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Origin of autogiro
First recorded in 1920–25; formerly a trademark
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Stuffed with sumo wrestling; trap doors; an autogiro equipped with flamethrowers and missiles; a piranha pool; and, of course, a rocket base hidden inside a volcano, “You Only Live Twice” wasn’t exactly an actor’s breakthrough.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2020
City officials first gave the park a thorough DDT spraying by autogiro, then counted the survivors.
From Time Magazine Archive
President Harold F. Pitcairn of Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., has found such promise in Juan de la Cierva's Autogiro that last week he organized Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Co. of America to develop the autogiro in this country.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fuselage, tail structure, landing gear and propelling motor the autogiro is a typical airplane.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two days later he took a flying examination, became the first U. S. Governor to get a license to pilot an autogiro.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father, a onetime farmer with an eighth-grade education, operated a mobile home park and had such mechanical skills that he built autogiros — a combination of airplane and helicopter — from scratch.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2022
Sooner or later it was inevitable that, as autogiros came into common use, there should be crackups.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, small dirigibles might, also autogiros and helicopters.
From Time Magazine Archive
With characteristic aggressiveness, Deputy Commissioner Fowler took to cruising over the city in blimps and autogiros to spot traffic jams, started safety enforcement contests between precincts, instituted numerous strict regulations for motor vehicles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until that principle of "articulation" was worked out and applied by Senor de la Cierva in 1923, after four years of labor, his autogiros would scuttle along the ground, but they would not fly.
From Time Magazine Archive
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