![]() ![]() POP: 7 to AAC as YG-1B and 2 civil NC39Y, NC15069, the latter used on first autogyro air mail route, from Philadelphia PA to Camden NJ, in 1939. POP: 3 NC15684 to AAC as YG-1A, NC39Y, and NC14742 converted from KD-1. POP: 1 prototype X14742, which became KD-1A, and 1 to AAC in 1935 as YG-1. Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro, Jean Harlow & Tito Falconi, Southern California, 1933. Made the first landing of an autogyro on a rooftop, at the Philadelphia post office, May 1935 (p: Lou Leavitt). No ailerons, rudder, or elevator directional control was through a pivoting rotor head modified under license from the Cierva invention.įolding rotor blades, required a storage area of only 2910 long, 104 wide, and 103 high. ![]() NC10767 cn 2 restored to flying condition in 2001 by Al Letcher, Mojave CA. Rotor design and tradename later licensed by Autogiro Co of America (Pitcairn).
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