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Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self-taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. In 1923, after four years of experimentation, De la Cierva developed the articulated rotor…
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science · Spanish engineer and count (1895–1936) · inventor · engineer · politician · also Juan de la Cierva, Juan de la Cierva Codorníu, Cierva
Born 21 September 1895 · Died 9 December 1936 · Q354646
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Juan de la Cierva was inducted into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame for his innovation in rotor blade technology, using them to generate lift and to control the aircraft's attitude with precision
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Died 1936-12-09.
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The Cierva Autogiro Company, Ltd
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By Cierva Autogiro Company licensee Focke-Achgelis
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Awarded Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge (1935).
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Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1933).
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Won FAI Gold Air Medal (1932).
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Won Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1932).
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Awarded John Scott Award (1931).
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Career landmark: vocal of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones científicas (1926).
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Where, with the support of Scottish industrialist James G
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De la Cierva's first successful autogyro was flown at Getafe aerodrome in Spain by Lt
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After four years of experimentation, De la Cierva developed the articulated rotor, which resulted in the world's first successful flight of a stable rotary-wing aircraft, with his C
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Of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language
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Started to consider the use of a rotor to generate lift at low airspeed, and eliminate the risk of stall
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Designed and built a tri-motor aeroplane which was accepted by the Spanish government
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Born 1895-09-21.
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