Harold F. Pitcairn: Aviator, Inventor, and Developer of the Autogiro

Gunther, Carl R.

ISBN 10: 0910557756 / ISBN 13: 9780910557757

Published by BYRN ATHYN, BYRN ATHYN, PENN, 2009

About this Item

very good cover and spine. very clean endpapers. contains a National Geographic bookmark with an Eagle head on the top. pages are very clean. black and white photographic illustrations. DATE PUBLISHED: 2009 EDITION: 729.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harold F. Pitcairn: Aviator, Inventor, and Developer of the Autogiro
• Publisher: BYRN ATHYN, BYRN ATHYN, PENN
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0910557756
• ISBN 13: 9780910557757
• Binding: PAPER BACK ORANGE
• Condition: VERY GOOD.

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Synopsis

In today's aviation parlance, Harold F. Pitcairn had ''The Right Stuff.'' He was, at once, a patriot, an aviation pioneer, a business man, a designer, an inventor, a dreamer, and a forecaster of the future. He was a giant of a man in the development and growth of heavier-than-air aviation in The United States. Not only was he responsible for the research, design, and manufacture of a number of different aircraft models, including the famous Mailwing series and his pioneering jump-takeoff Autogiros with fully articulated rotor heads--he was granted twenty-six US Government patents on rotary-wing aircraft but he accomplished all of this while heavily committed to developing and implementing one of the longest air-mail routes in the country. (From the Introduction) Ronald K. Nelson Major General United States Marine Corps (Ret)

About the Author

Carl R. Gunther knew Harold Pitcairn and was requested by the family to compile these important documents. Gunther received an MA in teaching from the University of Pittsburgh and has worked as educator, archivist, and aviation researcher for over fifty years.