Autogiro Odds & Ends

I've been accumlating autogiro material for 20+ years. I'm a novice at website design so bear with me please!

Here are a few things that may be of interest to Autogiro afficionados.

Here's a look at the first airfield designated solely for autogiro use.

Earl Eckel of Washington,NJ operated several giro's during the 30's & 40's. Also pictured is his gas station, still in use. I filled up there the day these pictures were taken. (Spring of 2010)

Eckel Hangar

Eckel Hangar Doors

Filling Station

The following 5 images are from the PA18 Sales Brochure. They're fairly large images I scanned them to use as Desktop Images for my new Macbook Air!

Ralph Lauren Tie Subject by Will Hollingsworth, notable Southern painter admired and written about by Eudora Welty.

Hunt Club

Estate by Frank Lemon who did two series of watercolor prints for Wright Aeronautical

Mountain Cabin by Charles Kaiser

Dude Ranch

Here's an etching that hung in the Pitcairn Aviation office for years.

I found this calendar in a local upstate antique shop 20 years ago!