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...plane...It's a helicopter...Actually, it's a bit of both. The gyroplane, whose concept was first put forward in 1919 by Spanish inventor Juan de la Cierva, has been revived by two Utah-based brothers, David and Jay Groen. They've spent 15 years and some $40 million perfecting a design they hope will provide a cheaper, simpler, safer alternative to the helicopter. No airport is required. Like a helicopter, the gyroplane takes off almost vertically and can fly 330 miles at a cruising speed of 120 m.p.h. Unlike a helicopter, it has a gas turbine-powered propeller...
...Predecessor of the practical helicopter, in vented in 1933 by Juan de la Cierva. It had a conventional propeller and a non-powered rotor that supported it by windmilling...
...late Juan de la Cierva Jr.'s autogiro used helicopter principles in achieving steep take-offs and landings, but is no true helicopter...
Died. Juan de la Cierva, 74, reactionary Minister of Justice in Spam's last cabinet under King Alfonso; of diabetes; at Madrid's Norwegian Legation, where he had hidden all through the civil war. He died not knowing that his namesake son, inventor of the autogiro, had been killed in a K. L. M. air crash 13 months before (TIME...
Autogiros have still to be adapted to transport flying, since they are relatively slow and can carry only small loads. One morning last week, when Juan de la Cierva wished to go to the Continent, he stepped aboard a twin-motored Douglas DC2 monoplane belonging to Royal Dutch Airlines at Croydon. Aboard with him went a crew of four and twelve other passengers, including Admiral Salomon Arvid Lindman, onetime Prime Minister of Sweden...