Pitcairn began to gear up for production of the PCA-2 - the first Autogiro sold commercially in the Western Hemisphere. In 1930, the National Aeronautic Association awarded Pitcairn the prestigious ...

In 1931, pilot Amelia Earhart (Putnam) flew a Pitcairn PCA-2 autogyro airplane from the East to the West Coast, stopping in several Nevada towns for fuel. She referred to her plane as a ship that ...