![]() ![]() Golden Age Simulations is proud to bring to Flight Simulator this historic aircraft from the Golden Age. The type was very much in the public eye, as two months earlier Amelia Earhart had flown one to an altitude record of 18,415 feet on April 8, 1931, and Pitcairn test pilot Jim Ray landed one on the White House lawn on April 22. Only two PCA-2 Autogiros exist today – one on static display in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, and Steve Pitcairn’s flying “Miss Champion.” “Miss Champion” came off the line at the Pitcairn Aircraft Company in June 1931. One of his first successful designs was the PCA-2 Autogiro. rights to copy Cierva’s invention and he started building his own autogiros in Pennsylvania. If any aircraft is associated with the Golden Age of Aviation, it is the Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro, dubbed the safest aircraft ever made. ![]() The Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro Package for FS 2004 ![]()
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