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Another one bites the dust!
Posted: September 28th, 2019, 3:25 pm
by XFool
...Or should this be in '
Bitter Lemons'?
Adventurer circumnavigates the world in gyrocopterBBC NewsAn adventurer has become the first person to fly solo around the world in an open-cockpit gyrocopter.So when did 'autogyro' get changed to 'gyrocopter'? Anyone receive the memo? I didn't.
Re: Another one bites the dust!
Posted: September 28th, 2019, 5:15 pm
by swill453
XFool wrote:So when did 'autogyro' get changed to 'gyrocopter'? Anyone receive the memo? I didn't.
Well the original wikipedia page for 'autogyro' in 2002 said
"autogyro, soemtimes[sic] called a gyrocopter".
On some edits of the page that changes to
"sometimes incorrectly called a gyroplane or Gyrocopter", but the current version just states
"also known as...".
Scott.
Re: Another one bites the dust!
Posted: September 28th, 2019, 5:20 pm
by PinkDalek
... and the manufacturers call that incredible flying machine a gyroplane.
Re: Another one bites the dust!
Posted: September 28th, 2019, 6:37 pm
by scotia
The name Autogiro was a trademark of the Cierva Autogiro Company - Juan de la Cierva being credited with its "invention".
Scotland wasn't far behind - with David Kay of Auchterarder who designed and flew autogiros from the late 1920's. He is credited with the introduction of variable incidence rotors. His type 33/1 was described in Flight magazine of 1934, and the company building them was Kay Gyroplanes Limited.
So take your pick - autogiro, autogyro, gyrocopter, gyroplane.
Re: Another one bites the dust!
Posted: September 28th, 2019, 8:10 pm
by UncleEbenezer
Does the use of one come with a cry of "Gyronimo"?
I'll get me coat. The one that swirls as it flaps.