Kellett Autogiro Company

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The Kellett Autogiro Company was a former American aircraft manufacturer from 1929.

[edit] History

The Kellett Autogiro Company was formed in 1929 after it acquired a licence from Pitcairn-Cierva to build autogiros. The first three designed were all typical Cierva 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

[edit] Aircraft

• Kellett K-2
• Kellett K-3
• Kellett K-4
• Kellett KD-1
• Kellett XR-8
• Kellett XR-10

[edit] References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing, 2254. 

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