Cierva Autogiro Company

Cierva Autogiro Company, Ltd
Company typeLimited company
IndustryAviation
Founded24 March 1926 (1926-03-24)
FounderJames George Weir
Defunct1975 (1975)
Headquarters
Hamble, Southampton (from 1946)
Key people
Juan de la Cierva

The Cierva Autogiro Company was a British firm established in 1926 to develop the autogyro. The company was set up to further the designs of Juan de la Cierva, a Spanish engineer and pilot, with the financial backing of James George Weir, a Scottish industrialist and aviator.

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