An airplane helicopter hybrid (Autogyro) is flown in France (1926)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit An “Auto-giro“ airplane crashes in a field after an otherwise successful test flight Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION; Windmill Plane Flies over Paris - The Autogiro Machine sucesfully Flown by Capt. Courtney, The Famous British Test pilot - The Plane Caught By Severe Gust of Wind Overturns on Landing FRANCE: Paris: EXT Flight, Field, wreck, fail, Courtney, glider, military, guns, formation, Cierva , Frank T. Courtney Background: An “Auto-giro“ airplane crashes in a field after an otherwise successful test flight FILM ID: VLVA4M5NYY0REQ3DGPN1Y0XN92A9X To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé