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    The Cierva C.4 was an experimental autogiro built by Juan de la Cierva in Spain in 1922 which early the following year became the first autogyro to fly...
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    The Cierva C.30 is an autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva and built under licence from the Cierva Autogiro Company by A V Roe & Co Ltd (Avro), Lioré-et-Olivier...
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    Cierva scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Science in named after him. Cierva C.1 Cierva C.2 Cierva C.3 Cierva C.4 Cierva C.6 Cierva C.8 Cierva C...
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    The Cierva C.19 was a 1930s British two-seat autogyro, designed by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva. It was built by Avro as the Avro Type 620. It proved...
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    The Cierva C.6 was the sixth autogyro designed by engineer Juan de la Cierva, and the first one to travel a "major" distance. Cierva, the engineer responsible...
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    Cierva C.8 is an experimental autogyro built by Juan de la Cierva in England in 1926 in association with Avro. Like Cierva's earlier autogyros, the C...
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  • [citation needed] Cierva C.1 Cierva C.2 Cierva C.3 Cierva C.4 Cierva C.5 Cierva C.6 Cierva C.7 Cierva C.8 Cierva C.9 Cierva C.10 Cierva C.12 (first flight...
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  • C4 (redirect from C-4)
    business aircraft C-4 Argonaut, a Canadair aircraft derived from the Douglas DC-4 Cierva C.4, a 1922 Spanish experimental autogyro DFW C.IV, a 1916 German...
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    Havilland C.24 was a two-seat autogyro built by de Havilland at its Stag Lane works in England in 1931 The C.24 was built in 1931 using a Cierva rotor head...
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    The Cierva C.40 was a British autogyro designed by G.B.L. Ellis, Otto Reder, and Dr. J.A.J Bennett and was assembled by the British Aircraft Manufacturing...
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  • The Cierva C.29 was a five-seat British cabin autogyro built in 1934 as a joint venture between Westland Aircraft and Cierva. The rotor system and rotors...
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    The Cierva C.12 was an experimental autogyro built by Cierva Autogiro Company in England in 1929, in association with Avro. Like most other Cierva designs...
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  • of all civil aviation in Canada. January 9 or 17 – The Cierva C.4, designed by Juan de la Cierva y Cordoniu and piloted by Alejandro Gomez Spencer, makes...
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  • The Cierva C.1 was an experimental autogyro built by Juan de la Cierva in Spain in 1920, the forerunner of his successful series of autogyros. The C.1 was...
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  • Cierva C.2 was an experimental autogyro built by Juan de la Cierva in Spain in 1921-22. Following the failure of the C.1 the previous year, la Cierva...
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    The Cierva W.11 Air Horse was a helicopter developed by the Cierva Autogiro Company in the United Kingdom during the mid-1940s. The largest helicopter...
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  • The Cierva C.25 was a British 1930s single-seat autogiro produced by Comper Aircraft Company Ltd of Hooton Park, Cheshire. The sole C.25, based on the...
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  • C.6 Cierva C.8 Cierva C.9 Cierva C.12 Cierva C.17 Cierva C.19 Cierva C.24 Cierva C.29 Cierva C.30A Cierva C.40 Cierva CR Twin Cierva W.5 Cierva W.9 Cierva...
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    The Cierva C.7 was an experimental autogiro designed by Juan de la Cierva and built in the late 1920s. On January 7, 1927, the Cierva C.6C was flying...
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  • The Cierva C.3 was an experimental autogyro built by Juan de la Cierva in Spain in 1921.[citation needed] It was based on the fuselage of a Sommer monoplane...
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    The Cierva C.17 was a British experimental autogyro built by Cierva Autogiro Company in England in 1928, in association with Avro (which designated it...
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    The Cierva C.9 was an experimental autogyro built by Cierva in England in 1927, in association with Avro. It was the first of Cierva's autogyro designs...
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    demonstrator Zveno project – Parasite fighters Cierva C.4 1923 – Experimental autogyro, first to fly Cierva C.6 1924 – Experimental autogyro Saab 201 - Aerodynamic...
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    Spencer made the first successful Autogyro flight in the Cierva C.4 on January 9, 1923 (O.C.), previous designs having failed to achieve flight. First...
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    propeller. The term Autogiro became trademarked by the Cierva Autogiro Company. De la Cierva's Autogiro is considered the predecessor of the modern helicopter...
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  • January 17 (or 9) – First flight of the first rotorcraft, Juan de la Cierva's Cierva C.4 autogyro, in Spain. (It is first demonstrated to the military on...
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  • Alexander Graham Bell. 1923 - First controlled autogyro rotorcraft flight in Cierva C.4. 1924 - The world's first functional diesel locomotive (diesel-electric...
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  • first practical helicopter, first flown in 1936. Focke-Wulf Fw C.30A - licence-built Cierva C.30A (general purpose autogyro) Nagler-Rolz NR 54 (one-man portable...
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  • (or 9) – First stable flight of the first rotorcraft, Juan de la Cierva's Cierva C.4 autogyro, in Spain. June – Hermann Oberth publishes Die Rakete zu...
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    which reduces stresses on the rotor driving mechanisms.: 1–112  P-factor Cierva C.4 Unequal rotor lift distribution "2. Aerodynamics of Flight". Helicopter...
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