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1991 Pitcairn Autogyro Anniversary Flight Keyser West Virginia to Wiley Ford WV
1991 Pitcairn Autogyro Anniversary Flight Keyser West Virginia to Wiley Ford WV

1991 Pitcairn Autogyro Anniversary Flight Keyser West Virginia to Wiley Ford WV

$ 5.28

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Quality: Anniversary Flight Cover
  • Cancellation Type: Pictorial
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Exact Topic: First Flight
  • Type: Aviation History
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Topic: Postal History
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    In conjunction with the 1991 Founders Day celebration in Keyser, West Virginia a 1927 Pitcairn Autogyro carried mail from Keyser to Wiley, Ford, West Virginia on September 21, 1991.  The flown mail received a backstamp at Wiley Ford.
    The United States Postal Service provided a pictorial Founders Day postmark.
    The Pitcairn PCA-2 was an autogyro developed in the United States in the early 1930s. It was Harold F. Pitcairn's first autogyro design to sell in quantity. It had a conventional design for its day – an airplane-like fuselage with two open cockpits in tandem, and an engine mounted tractor-fashion in the nose. The lift by the four-blade main rotor was augmented by stubby, low-set monoplane wings that also carried the control surfaces. The wingtips featured considerable dihedral that acted as winglets for added stability.