autogiro

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Stuffed with sumo wrestling; trap doors; an autogiro equipped with flamethrowers and missiles; a piranha pool; and, of course, a rocket base hidden inside a volcano, “You Only Live Twice” wasn’t exactly an actor’s breakthrough.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2020

Engine failure by itself is not too serious, since a helicopter with a dead rotor acts like an autogiro and windmills down to earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reitsch In Berlin, Pilot Hanna Reitsch climbed into an autogiro standing in Deutschland Halle, took off, sailed up to the cupola, circled the hall, landed where she started from.

From Time Magazine Archive

While flying for Beechnut Products she made headlines by cracking up an autogiro, nearest thing to a foolproof aircraft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Often Governor Earle works at his Harrisburg office in the morning, then climbs into his autogiro after lunch, takes the controls, flies away to speak in a distant part of the State.

From Time Magazine Archive