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

摘要

Harold Pitcairn's brief entry in the Aviation Hall of Fame, written a quarter century after his death, fails to effectively showcase this American aviation innovator's many invaluable contributions. And Frank Kingston Smith's 1981 Legacy of Wings: The Story of Harold F. Pitcairn, which has long served as the standard reference for Pitcairn's life, reveals only part of the story, as does Peter Brooks' 1988 book Cierva Autogiros. Happily, Carl Gunther's new book on Pitcairn superbly fills this void.