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Juan de la Cierva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Juan de la Cierva, born on September 21, 1895, in Murcia, Spain, was an aeronautical engineer who invented the autogiro, an aircraft that combined the capabilities of a conventional airplane and the helicopter. ... Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936)
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Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva's development of rotor blade design and articulated (hinged) rotor blades in 1923 was the technical breakthrough that led to the first successful helicopter in 1936. Cierva developed the autogyro, which resembled the helicopter, but used an unpowered rotor.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cierva, Juan de la. Cierva, Juan de la. Information about Cierva, Juan de la in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Cid, Le; Cid, The; cider; Ciechanover, Aaron; Ciego de Avila; Cielo D'Alcamo; Cienfuegos; Cierva, Juan de la; Ciesinski, Katherine; Ciesinski, Kristine; cigar;
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Cierva, Juan de la (1895–1936). Juan de la Cierva. Spanish aviator who invented the autogyro. He was killed in an airplane crash in Croydon, near London, ...
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At the age of 15, Juan De La Cierva, with two friends, constructed a glider of his own design and began, through trial and error, to learn about aircraft design. After receiving his engineering degree, he built, in 1918, the first trimotor airplane in Spain.
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Convocatoria 2008 y posteriores ... Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación...
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(hwän dā lä thyār´vä) , 1895—1936, Spanish aeronautical engineer, inventor of a rotary-wing aircraft called an autogiro. He flew his first autogiro in 1923 and crossed the English Channel in an improved model in 1928. ... See his Wings of Tomorrow (1931)
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Juan de la Cierva Codorniu was born in Murcia, Spain, in 1895. Today he is remembered as the inventor of the autogiro, a forerunner of the helicopter. For six years he attended the Escuela Especial de Ingenieros de...
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