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3 books mention ‘Cierva’.
The history of the helicopter from earliest times to 1960 includes Cierva, Focke Achgelis, Sikorsky, Weir etc.
Helicopter History · 219 pages · 15 September 2014£12.89There are fresh details on Beardmore and Weir/Cierva.
Scottish Aviation History · 344 pages · 21 February 2020 · Volume 2 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.89…with Highball and Upkeep spherical mines/bombs, the Cierva Air Horse, the Rotachute and the Rotabuggy and later the Vickers Trans Sonic Missile.
Industrial History · 200 pages · 15 August 2013£12.89
Historical articles (3)
- From Cierva and the Weir W5 to the Bristol Sycamore: Early British Helicopter Development
Early helicopter history from the Denny Mumford helicopter and Cierva autogiros to the Weir W5, Cierva Air Horse, Sikorsky Hoverfly and Bristol Sycamore.
- Renfrew, 602 Squadron and Scotland's Early Helicopters, 1919-1939
A guide to Clydeside aviation between the wars: Renfrew airlines, 602 Squadron, Weir helicopter work, Abbotsinch and 1939 production.
- From the Queen Mary to the Mosquito and Bouncing Bomb: Morris Furniture of Glasgow, 1914-1975
How H. Morris and Co. of Glasgow furnished the Queen Mary and Royal Yacht Britannia and built Mosquito balsa plywood, Highball casings and rotor blades.