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autogiros

  • plural
    of autogiro.
    autogiro
    noun
    an aircraft with an unpowered, horizontally rotating propeller on a shaft above the fuselage that provides lift for the machine, with forward propulsion being provided by a conventional propeller: superseded in most applications by the helicopter.

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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

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

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

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