Post by Bernard/Administrator on Sept 18, 2024 15:28:55 GMT
The first autogyro, the forerunner of the helicopter, was developed and built in Great Britain in 1930 by the Spanish Juan de la Cierva. This is a Cierva C.30A aka Avro 671.
In 1928 Cierva founded the Autogiro Company of America and licensed Harold Fredrick Pitcairn for building autogiros. They became the well-known PCA series named after him. Another aircraft manufacturer, W. Wallace Kellett, acquired a license from Pitcairn to develop his own Autogiro models.
Because I am showing a few of these aircraft here, I thought it was important to position the manufacturers more clearly. To be honest, I had a bit of trouble at first!
"Golden Hawaii" package includes a Kellett KD-1C repainted with "Aloha Gazette" logos. The authors have added a building of this fictious newspaper in vincinity of Honolulu John Rodgers Field.
I added a small AI pattern traffic from the roof of this building. Obvisouly the texture painter didn't knew exactly the name of the aircraft manufacturer!
The Kellett over Pearl Harbour and Ford Island.
The same package also includes a Kellett KD-1B. This autogiro of Eastern Airlines did air mail flights between Philadelphia Main Post Office and Camden Airport.
Bernard