Pitcairn PCA-2

It had a conventional design for its day – an airplane-like fuselage with two open cockpits in tandem, and an engine mounted tractor-fashion in the nose.

[2] The lift by the four-blade main rotor was augmented by stubby, low-set monoplane wings that also carried the control surfaces.

[2] The wingtips featured considerable dihedral that acted as winglets for added stability.

[6] Learning of Miller's achievement upon her arrival in California, Earhart set out to turn her flight into a round-trip record by flying east again, but abandoned the attempt after three crashes.

In May 1933, Scripps donated the autogyro to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

PCA-2 operated by the Detroit News, displayed at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.
Pitcairn PCA-2 Miss Champion on display
Pitcairn autogyro NC-12681 at St. Hubert, Quebec. Aug. 19, 1932