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	Cierva C.8W
		Cierva constructed six different C.8 configurations, all of which were experimental testbeds built to test improvements in autogiro technology before a production model, the C.19, was to appear in 1929.
		After Cierva confirmed that this would not be an issue, Pitcairn agreed to purchase a new C.8 with the Wright engine.
		The C.8W deserves recognition as the progenitor of the American gyroplane and as the first successful rotary-wing aircraft to fly in the United States.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/cierva_c8w.htm

	Cierva C.8W
		Cierva constructed six different C.8 configurations, all of which were experimental testbeds built to test improvements in autogiro technology before a production model, the C.19, was to appear in 1929.
		After Cierva confirmed that this would not be an issue, Pitcairn agreed to purchase a new C.8 with the Wright engine.
		The C.8W deserves recognition as the progenitor of the American gyroplane and as the first successful rotary-wing aircraft to fly in the United States.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/cierva_c8w.htm (2660 words)

	Chapter 9: Praetorian Politics in Liberal Spain
		La Cierva's first goal \vas to restore the shattered morale of the remnants of the Melilla garrison, whose performance at Anual was the target of both civilian and military critics.
		La Cierva responded by threatening the Infantry Junta with dissolution in the presence of all the Advisory Commission presidents and the principal military officials in the Madrid garrison.
		Although the telegram suggested unanimous support for Maura and La Cierva, in fact, the Melilla garrison was as divided as the army as a whole between junteros -- the former clientele of General Silvestre -- and africanistas -- the officers in the elite units from the Jibala.
	libro.uca.edu /boyd/chapter9.htm (2660 words)

	autogiros
		First three pages are the text of 8 cables from Autogiro Company of America to Juan Cierva, under the title "Cables Covering Experiments on our First Two Sets of Three Bladed Rotors".
		Also includes twelve (12) Western Union cables between Juan Cierva and the Pitcairn Autogiro Co dated from August 22, 1932 through December 14, 1932 describing the rotor problems and what was felt to be the action to be taken in correcting them.
		Next four pages are the text of 10 cables between Autogiro and Cierva and vice-versa.
	www.icarusbooks.com /autogiro.htm (2660 words)

	Autogiro Rotec R2800
		The C.8W (NC418) was reassembled at Pitcairn Field, Bryn Athyn Field, PA and flown by Cierva pilot Arthur “Dizzy” Rawson on December 18, 1928, and then flown by Pitcairn, although there is some confusion as to when the Pitcairn flight actually occurred.
		Harold F. Pitcairn purchased a Cierva C.8 Mk.IV Autogiro in the summer of 1928 after being assured by Juan de la Cierva’s English engineers that the rotor would function when the original 180 - hp 7-cylinder radial Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV engine was replaced by an American 220 -hp Wright Whirlwind radial engine.
		Pitcairn, at Bryn Athyn, on December 18, 1928.” There is also some confusion about the pilot in the first flight.
	www.rotecradialengines.com /customers/RonsAutogiro.htm (2660 words)

	Gutie'rrez et al.: Kinetics of the dye-sensitized...
		Instituto de Química Orgánica, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
		Departamento de Química y Física, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, 5800 Río Cuarto, Argentina
		Received 25 February 2000; received in revised form 2 May 2000; accepted 8 May 2000
	www1.elsevier.com /gej-ng/10/28/40/70/25/34/abstract.html (262 words)

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		History Juan de la Cierva Parnall Amelia Earhart Kayaba Ka-1 Bensen's design Flight Controls There are only three flight controls: a control stick, rudder pedals and a throttle.
		An autogyro (only an autogiro aircraft helicopter Contents 1 General characteristics 2 History 3 Bensen's design 4 Flight Controls 5 Flight characteristics 6 Records and Application 7 Kits 8 Warnings 9 See also General characteristics Autogyros are neither efficient nor fast.
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	www.en-cyclopedia.com /index1/gy (514 words)

	saunders roe skeeter - Helicopter Database
		It was designed around 1945 at Cierva, initally as the W.14 (with a Jameson 106hp FF-1 engine) then named the Skeeter 1, which first flew on 8 Oct 1948 with a triangular section tail boom.
		After this rationalisation, a project was abandoned in March 1960 to boost its performance with a de Havilland supercharger, in hot and high environments.
		The Skeeter 2 was powered by a de Havilland 145hp Gipsy Major 10 and had a more conventional, circular tail cross-section.
	www.helis.com /database/go/saunders_roe_skeeter.php (541 words)

	Famous Firsts in Aviation
		Air France flew the Paris–Rio de Janeiro route; B.A., the London–Bahrain.
		Juan de la Cierva, a brilliant Spanish mathematician, made the first successful flight in a rotary wing aircraft in Madrid (June 9).
		The U.S. Army Air Corps made its first independent raids over enemy lines, in DH-4 planes (British-designed) powered with 400-hp American-designed Liberty engines (April 8).
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0004537.html (541 words)

	Pitcairn
		Modified from a Spanish Cierva C-8 (Spain ff: 1/17/23), purchased by Pitcairn Co for evaluation, it was the first rotary-wing craft to fly in the USA, 12/18/28 (p: Harold Pitcairn).
		The fatal crash of a Pitcairn autogyro in Oct 1935 ended one of aviation's longest safety records, when pilot Robert Swenson unwisely tried to stretch a glide over power lines after an engine failure.
		Pitcairn PA-36 Whirl Wing Dept of Commerce evaluation [NX20674] (Frank Rezich coll)
	www.aerofiles.com /_pitc.html (1258 words)

	FS2002 Vintage Page 8
		CF-PWF, 42-32863, in service with Pacific Western Airlines in the 1960's and early 1970's Now on display at Wetaskiwin Reynolds Alberta Museum.
		The C-30A was a usefull autogiro designeb by Juan de La Cierva (spain) in 1934, and builded in UK by the Avro company.
		FS2002 Night textures for Pacific Western Airlines Douglas DC-6B Reg.
	www.simviation.com /fs2002vintage8.htm (453 words)

	AUTOGIRO COMANY OF AMERICA ARCHIVES
		Contains correspondence (April-June 1931) to and from the Pitcairn Aviation Co., Inc., with Fred Schaub of the War Department regarding the autogiro and promoting it for the private owner; Contains Bradstreets's reports on various companies; Includes correspondence regarding Juan de la Cierva's Wings of Tomorrow including a letter from Kansas Senator Arthur Copper.
		Contains correspondence (1927) to and from the Pitcairn Aviation Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA, H.F. Pitcairn, president, regarding the possibility of establishing an airport, and stock in the Aeronautical Expositions Corporation; Includes a letter from Truscon Steel Co., (8 September 1927) regarding construction of a woodworking shop at Bryn Athyn with blue prints.
		Contains a news release for National Air Travel Week (12 September 1938).
	specialcollections.wichita.edu /collections/ms/91-08/91-8-B.HTML (2139 words)

	NASAexplores: trivia
		As a direct result of this crisis, NASA began operations one year later, absorbing into it the earlier National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA); its 8,000 employees, an annual budget of $100 million, three major research laboratories—Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, and Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory—and two smaller test facilities.
		The Spanish aeronautical engineer Juan de la Cierva invented it in the early 1920s.
		The last space walk of STS-98 will mark the 60th extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Shuttle program and the 100th space walk conducted by an American in space.
	www.nasaexplores.com /trivia/trivia_list.php (2139 words)

	AUTOGIRO COMANY OF AMERICA ARCHIVES
		Contains correspondence (April-June 1931) to and from the Pitcairn Aviation Co., Inc., with Fred Schaub of the War Department regarding the autogiro and promoting it for the private owner; Contains Bradstreets's reports on various companies; Includes correspondence regarding Juan de la Cierva's Wings of Tomorrow including a letter from Kansas Senator Arthur Copper.
		Contains correspondence (1927) to and from the Pitcairn Aviation Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA, H.F. Pitcairn, president, regarding the possibility of establishing an airport, and stock in the Aeronautical Expositions Corporation; Includes a letter from Truscon Steel Co., (8 September 1927) regarding construction of a woodworking shop at Bryn Athyn with blue prints.
		Contains correspondence (1928) to and from the Pitcairn Aviation Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA, regarding the possibility of establishing an interest in the Australian market (5 June 1928).
	specialcollections.wichita.edu /collections/ms/91-08/91-8-B.HTML (2139 words)

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