Crossword clues for autogiro
autogiro
The Collaborative International Dictionary
autogiro \autogiro\ n. same as autogyro.
Syn: autogyro, gryoplane
Wiktionary
alt. (context aircraft English) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller. n. (context aircraft English) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
WordNet
Usage examples of "autogiro".
Crofton had by this time transferred it to the autogiro at the Newark Airport.
He would have the autogiro at the Sheffield Airport within the next hour.
The autogiro seemed to poise, motionless in the air, except for the whizz of the long-armed blades that rotated atop the ship.
Witnesses, had there been any to view the scene, would have thought the pilot of the autogiro mad.
Smoke, twisted by the wind, uncoiled to show the autogiro hovering directly above the flaming house.
To insure success, he had dropped the autogiro to the very level of the roofless walls.
Despite them, the autogiro dropped within the flame-scarred walls of the ruined mansion.
CHAPTER XX THE DEPARTURE WHEN The Shadow and Harry Vincent reached the floor above, they saw the autogiro against a dimly flickering background.
To them, the autogiro might have been a phoenix - that fabulous bird that ancients claimed could rise from its own ashes, to soar away to a new existence.
The autogiro was forgotten in the surprise at the discovery of the Salamanders.
No witnesses had seen the autogiro prior to its take-off from the ruins of the mansion.
Flying the darkened autogiro back toward Newark, The Shadow was silent at the controls.
The autogiro, after a slow hesitation that seemed a halt, turned toward the rising hillside.
With strange precision, the autogiro seemed to follow that path until it reached a new angle of vision.
As the autogiro circled, slowly nearing the ground, the meaning of that concealed ledge became apparent.