The Pitcairn Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer of light utility aircraft. An early proponent of the autogyro, the company, later known...
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Pitcairn Mailwing family is a series of American mail carrier and three-seat sport utility biplane aircraft produced from 1927 to 1931. The Pitcairn Mailwings...
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personal use.: 31–36, 38, 43 Pitcairn founded Pitcairn Aviation (later to become Eastern Air Lines), and Pitcairn Aircraft Company which manufactured efficient...
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Pitcairn PCA-2 was an autogyro (designated as "autogiro" by Pitcairn) developed in the United States in the early 1930s. It was Harold F. Pitcairn's first...
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The Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing (Pitcairn Aviation - One) is the first biplane designed for air racing and commercial airmail service by Pitcairn Aircraft Company...
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John Pitcairn Jr. (January 10, 1841 – July 22, 1916) was a Scottish-born American industrialist. With just an elementary school education, Pitcairn rose...
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significance. From 1926 to 1942 Pitcairn used the airfield for design, construction and testing of a number of aircraft, including the Mailwing which was...
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sailed in the South Pacific Pitcairn Aircraft Company, an American mail plane and autogyro manufacturer Pitcairn Aviation Pitcairn (horse) (1971–2004), a Thoroughbred...
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drawings supplied by Steve Pitcairn (1925-2008), son of company founder Harold Frederick Pitcairn (1897-1960). The aircraft won Grand Champion Antique...
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1927, longtime friend, Pitcairn approached Larsen to leave the Thomas-Morse Aircraft company, to join Pitcairn Aircraft Company as chief engineer. Larson...
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contributed greatly to the aircraft's responsiveness at low speeds. According to Frank Kingston Smith Sr. wrote, "Pitcairn's assessment of the market had...
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The Pitcairn OP-1 (manufacturer designation: PCA-2) was the first rotary-wing aircraft to be seriously evaluated by any of the world's major air forces...
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worked for the United States Navy, the US Aerial Mail Service, Pitcairn Aircraft Company, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1927 Miller founded...
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801 eVTOL (Pitcairn Aircraft Company) Pitcairn O-61 Pitcairn OP-1 (PCA-2) Picairn OP-2 (PA-34) Pitcairn MX-157 Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing...
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The Pitcairn PA-3 Orowing is an early Pitcairn biplane designed for light commercial use in the early 1920s when aircraft production rates did not meet...
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island in the south Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn, Oeno, and Ducie Islands. Measuring 9.6 by 5.1 kilometres...
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The Pitcairn XO-61 was an American autogyro designed by Pitcairn Aircraft. One of the last autogyros produced, in competition with the Kellett YO-60 and...
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The Pitcairn PA-2 Sesquiwing "Arrow" is an early biplane designed for air racing and commercial airmail service. The Sesquiwing featured a quick change...
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contracted the building of a roadable aircraft based around an PA-22 autogyro from ACA's parent company, Pitcairn Autogiro Company. The vehicle could fly at high...
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evaluation. The Pitcairn Aircraft Company built and developed auto-gyros under licence from the Cierva Autogiro Company, trading as the Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro...
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Territory of Hawaii. Harold Frederick Pitcairn founds the Pitcairn Aircraft Company. It later will become the Autogiro Company of America. Summer 1926 – A Lieutenant...
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Brave, an agricultural aircraft made by Piper Aircraft Pitcairn PA-36, an autogyro manufactured by the Pitcairn Aircraft Company This disambiguation page...
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February 12 – The Detroit News places an order for a Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro with the Pitcairn Aircraft Company. It is the first commercial order for an autogiro...
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Johnny Miller (aviator) (section Pitcairn)
designs to Harold Pitcairn, forming the Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company. Miller's correspondence had continued, and he visited Pitcairn, soon ordering a...
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Autogyro (category Aircraft configurations)
under license from de la Cierva in the 1920s and 1930s, the Pitcairn & Kellett companies made further innovations. Late-model autogyros patterned after...
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Piper Aircraft Corporation – United States Pipistrel d.o.o. – Slovenia Pitcairn, Pitcairn Aircraft, Inc. – United States Pitcairn-Cierva, Pitcairn-Cierva...
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ang.af.mil Site history Built 1928 (1928), as Pitcairn Field No. 2 Built by Pitcairn Aircraft Company In use 2011 (2011)–present (by PA ANG) Garrison...
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built. In March 1931, Buhl Aircraft licensed from the Autogiro Company of America, Juan de la Cierva's and Harold Pitcairn's rotary-wing patents. Following...
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Eastern Air Lines (redirect from Pitcairn Aviation)
single-engine aircraft. In 1929, Clement Keys, the owner of North American Aviation, purchased Pitcairn. In 1930, Keys changed the company's name to Eastern...
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of Aircraft, p.2739 Bibliography The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing. "Pitcairn, A G A, Pitcairn-Cierva, Pitcairn-Larsen"...
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