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    The Pitcairn Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer of light utility aircraft. An early proponent of the autogyro, the company, later known...
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    Pitcairn Mailwing family is a series of American mail carrier and three-seat sport utility biplane aircraft produced from 1927 to 1931. The Pitcairn Mailwings...
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    personal use.: 31–36, 38, 43  Pitcairn founded Pitcairn Aviation (later to become Eastern Air Lines), and Pitcairn Aircraft Company which manufactured efficient...
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    The Pitcairn PA-1 Fleetwing (Pitcairn Aviation - One) is the first biplane designed for air racing and commercial airmail service by Pitcairn Aircraft Company...
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    John Pitcairn Jr. (January 10, 1841 – July 22, 1916) was a Scottish-born American industrialist. With just an elementary school education, Pitcairn rose...
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    Pitcairn PCA-2 was an autogyro (designated as "autogiro" by Pitcairn) developed in the United States in the early 1930s. It was Harold F. Pitcairn's first...
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  • sailed in the South Pacific Pitcairn Aircraft Company, an American mail plane and autogyro manufacturer Pitcairn Aviation Pitcairn (horse) (1971–2004), a Thoroughbred...
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    The Pitcairn OP-1 (manufacturer designation: PCA-2) was the first rotary-wing aircraft to be seriously evaluated by any of the world's major air forces...
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    significance. From 1926 to 1942 Pitcairn used the airfield for design, construction and testing of a number of aircraft, including the Mailwing which was...
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    1927, longtime friend, Pitcairn approached Larsen to leave the Thomas-Morse Aircraft company, to join Pitcairn Aircraft Company as chief engineer. Larson...
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