Auto-Gyro: A squadron/ close-up/ touch 'n' go (1935)

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This clip features the Auto-Gyro. Part 'plane, part helicopter, this aircraft could take off almost, ut not quite, verticaly. Some forward motion, generated by the front propellor, caused the rotors to rotate and therefore generate lift. Later models harnessed the potential for vertical takeoff by coupling the rotors to the main engine.

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