autogiro

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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

Another guest, Charles T. Otto, offered to fly him and a girl friend back across Lake Michigan's tip to Chicago in an autogiro.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last fortnight, also, the French Flyer Massot flew an autogiro from Paris to Troyes, 86 miles, in one hour.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the propeller motor pulls the autogiro across a flying field the forward motion sets the vanes revolving swiftly, like a great pinwheel.

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