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- 1. Cierva C.19 landing: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Cierva C.19 was a 1930s British two-seat autogyro, designed by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva. It was built by Avro as the Avro Type 620. It proved to be the most successful and widely produced of the early de la Cierva designs.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 9.2 m main rotor
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Rotor of 9.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929
- number built
- 30
- role
- utility autogyro
- makers
- Cierva Autogiro Company
- engines
- 1× Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major I five-cylinder radial
- length
- 5.5 m
- rotor diameter
- 9.2 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 635 kg
- top speed
- 153 km/h
- range
- 483 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5119707, Wikipedia: Cierva C.19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.