Pitcairn Autogiro: Making News while Breaking News
The autogiro is just what it looks like – a technological halfway step between the airplane and the helicopter. The engine only powers the front propeller. The overhead rotor spins freely, but that autorotation generates significant additional lift. The Detroit News used its 1931 Pitcairn-Cierva autogiro to rush reporters and photographers to breaking stories, and to take aerial photos. Most of these photographs show this aircraft in action.
