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Definition of Autogiro
1. Noun. An aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller.
Definition of Autogiro
1. Noun. (aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autogiro
1. a type of airplane [n -ROS] - See also: airplane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autogiro
Literary usage of Autogiro
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"I feel it appropriate therefore in the opening stages of my lecture to recall
that it is almost a quarter of a century since the first successful autogiro ..."
2. Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam by Peter Dorland, James S. Nanney (1982)
"By 1933 one US manufacturer had designed an autogiro ambulance to carry a pilot
and three ... Since the autogiro could not hover, rough terrain, forests, ..."
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