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Cierva C.8

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by Cierva himself in Britain's first cross-country rotorcraft flight on 30 September that year. The next example was purchased by Air Commodore
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A Critical Re-Examination of the Franklin Institute Rotating Wing Aircraft Meeting of October 28 – 29, 1938
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By now, Cierva's efforts were attracting the attention of buyers. The first customer was the British
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The two final C.8s were sold in 1928, one to the Italian government, and one to American
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bought by Pitcairn would make the first autogyro flight in the United States at
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before being used to make demonstration flights around continental Europe.
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7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 200 hp (150 kW)
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As of 2007, two examples are extant: Weir's machine preserved at the
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fitted with new wings and rotor blades, powered by a 97-kW (130-hp)
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Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, Flight 5 July 1928 p. 543
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IV radial piston engine. The aircraft took part in 1928
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Two aircraft built for the Italian government in 1928.
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Version of C.8L Mk II built under license in France.
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Index


autogyro
Cierva
Juan de la Cierva
1926
autogyro
Juan de la Cierva
Avro
Avro 552
C.6D
Avro 504
Air Ministry
Bert Hinkler
Hamble
Royal Aircraft Establishment
James G. Weir
King's Cup Air Race
Harold Pitcairn
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace
National Air and Space Museum
Clerget
Wolseley Viper

French Air and Space Museum
Armstrong Siddeley Lynx
King's Cup Air Race
Wright Whirlwind
Harold Frederick Pitcairn
Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IV

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