convertiplane

variants or convertaplane

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Noun
  • The first that went into mass production was the autogiro, developed in 1923 by Juan de la Cierva in Spain.
    Edward C. Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
  • In 1938, Congress approved legislation intended to rescue the autogiro industry.
    Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) died in a gyroplane crash near Sirkan, a city in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan, on Monday according to the Fars News Agency.
    Michael D. Carroll AND Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • An 83-year-old woman was killed in a gyroplane plane crash Saturday in Napoleon Township, police said.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the autonomous rotorcraft made two tethered hover flights.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The rotorcraft is set to arrive at Saturn'’s moon Titan in 2034.
    Devika Rao, theweek, 31 May 2024
Noun
  • By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
  • Abe has reaffirmed Noda’s plan to buy 42 F-35 fighters and has announced his intention to purchase 17 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and 52 amphibious assault vehicles.
    Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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“Convertiplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convertiplane. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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