Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish engineer and count
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Place of Birth: AlquerÃas, Region of Murcia, Spain
About Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva
- Juan de la Cierva y CodornÃu, 1st Count of la Cierva (Spanish pronunciation: ['xwan de la '?je?ßa i koðo?'ni.u]; 21 September 1895 in Murcia, Spain – 9 December 1936 in Croydon, United Kingdom) was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and aeronautical engineer.
- His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of the 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, which resulted in the world's first successful flight of a stable rotary-wing aircraft, with his C.4 prototype. De la Cierva was born to a wealthy family.
- After several successful experiments with aviation as a boy, he eventually earned a civil engineering degree.
- He moved to the United Kingdom in 1925 where, with the support of Scottish industrialist James G.
- Weir, he established the Cierva Autogiro Company. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, De la Cierva supported the National forces, helping the rebels to obtain the De Havilland DH-89 'Dragon Rapide' which flew General Franco from the Canary Islands to Spanish Morocco.
- His brother was killed by the Republican army in Paracuellos del Jarama.
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