Harold Frederick Pitcairn

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Harold F. Pitcairn (1897 - 1960) was an American aviation inventor and pioneer. He played a key role in the development of the autogyro and founded the Autogiro Company of America. He invented many patents relating to rotary wing aircraft.

He developed the Pitcairn Mailwing and founded Pitcairn Aviation (later to become Eastern Airlines)

He was awarded the Collier Trophy in 1930 for development of the autogyro.[1]

Pitcairn was the youngest son of PPG Industries founder John Pitcairn

References

  1. ^ "Collier Trophy". Retrieved 2007-10-11.

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