AUTOGIRO COMPANY OF AMERICA

USA

Licensed in 1930 by Cierva Autogiro Co of UK, the US company itself arranged sub-licences to Pitcairn and Kellett. For three years experimented with own AC-35 Autogiro, a roadable cabin type, delivered to Experimental Development Section of Bureau of Air Commerce in 1937. The folding rotor blades had direct control. ("Autogiro" is spelled with an " i " if it is an aircraft of Cierva origin.) Back to the letter A

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