
Kellett Autogiro Company
Encyclopedia
The Kellett Autogiro Corporation was an American
aircraft manufacturer from 1929 based in Philadelphia, named after founder W. Wallace Kellett (? – July 23, 1951).
designs and the more advanced KD-1 was similar to the contempary Cierva C.30. The KD-1/G-1 was the first practical rotary-wing aircraft used by the United States Army
. The company stopped building autogyros in the late 1940s.
United States
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aircraft manufacturer from 1929 based in Philadelphia, named after founder W. Wallace Kellett (? – July 23, 1951).
History
The Kellett Autogiro Corporation was formed in 1929 after it acquired a licence from Pitcairn-Cierva to build autogiros. The first three designed were all typical CiervaJuan de la Cierva
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of De La Cierva was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and aeronuatical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of the Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language...
designs and the more advanced KD-1 was similar to the contempary Cierva C.30. The KD-1/G-1 was the first practical rotary-wing aircraft used by the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. The company stopped building autogyros in the late 1940s.
Aircraft
- Kellett K-2Kellett K-2|-References:* *...
- Kellett K-3
- Kellett K-4
- Kellett KD-1Kellett KD-1-See also:-References:...
- Kellett XR-8Kellett XR-8-External links:*...
- Kellett XR-10Kellett XR-10|-References:* * -External links:* bottom of page...