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Juan de la Cierva's work on rotor-wing dynamics made possible the modern helicopter, whose development as a practical means of flight had been prevented by a lack of understanding of these matters. The understanding that he established is applicable to all rotor-winged aircraft; though lacking true vertical flight capability, work on the ...
Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel (() March 11, 1864 - () January 11, 1938) was a Spanish politician and lawyer, who served during the reign of Alfonso XIII as Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, of the Interior, of War, and of Finance and Development, and in the last government of the monarchy as Minister of Development.
The Ciervists (Spanish: Ciervistas), also known as the Ciervist Conservatives (Spanish: Conservadores Ciervistas, CC), were a political faction within the Liberal Conservative Party, led by Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel, which split from the party in 1914.
The Cierva C.4 was an experimental autogiro built by Juan de la Cierva in Spain in 1922 which early the following year became the first autogyro to fly successfully. Failures of De la Cierva's attempts to compensate for dissymmetry of lift with the C.1, C.2, and C.3 autogiros, led him to consider alternative means of enabling an autogyro to fly without rolling over.
The Cierva C.6 was the sixth autogyro designed by engineer Juan de la Cierva, and the first one to travel a "major" distance. Cierva , the engineer responsible for the invention of the autogyro , had spent all his funds on the research and creation of his first five prototypes .
De la Cierva (Spanish, 'of the deer') is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Juan de la Cierva (1895–1936), Spanish civil engineer, pilot and aeronautical engineer; Ricardo de la Cierva (1926–2015), Spanish historian and politician
Juan de la Cierva [ˈxwan de la ˈθjeɾβa] is a station on Line 12 of the Madrid Metro, named for the Avenida Juan de la Cierva, which is named in turn for the aviator Juan de la Cierva (1895–1936). It is located in fare Zone B1.
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.