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[Autogiro landing]
Photograph of Zhang Xueliang watching an autogiro land at Nan Hu Field in Wuchang, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 70.Inscription on album page: "Marshal Chang watches 'Autogiro’ land at Nan Hu."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, circa 1934-1937. The photos cover Barr's time in China as a personal…
[Pitcairn PA-34 Autogiro and river flooding in China, circa 1930s]
Film footage of a Pitcairn PA-34 Autogiro and river flooding in China, circa 1930s. The first segment, which takes place at a grass airfield, features scenes of a PA-34 Autogiro as it takes off, flies over the field, and lands. A Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor aircraft is also briefly shown at 00:02:00. The next segment, beginning at 00:02:20, consists of aerial views filmed from an unidentified aircraft,…