Raúl Pateras Pescara
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1890 – 1966
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Who was Raúl Pateras Pescara?
Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio, marquis of Pateras-Pescara, was an engineer and inventor from Argentina who specialized in automobiles, helicopters and free-piston engines.
Pescara is credited for being one of the first people to successfully utilize cyclic pitch, as well as pioneering the use of autorotation for the safe landing of a damaged helicopter. Pescara also set a world record in 1924 for achieving a speed of 8 miles per hour in a helicopter.
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