Juan de la Cierva
Spanish aeronautical engineer and inventor
Juan de la Cierva was a Spanish aeronautical engineer and inventor who made significant contributions to the development of aviation. He is best known for inventing the autogiro, a precursor to the modern helicopter. De la Cierva was born in 1895 in Madrid, Spain, and studied engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He worked as an engineer for the Spanish Air Force and later founded his own company, whic...
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