Glenn shared that Mom used to tell us about her flight in an Auto Gyro owned by the Pitcairns. Debra Hauser Sentman shared on Facebook that she read about Ernst Buehl, who was the leading pilot for the air mail service established between New York and Washington that was centered in Bustleton, Philadelphia. He learned to fly from Orville Wright. It was at his airport, the Flying Dutchman, that pilots began to fly helicopters. Harold Pitcairn, of the Pitcairn estate in Bryn Athyn, and his family owned the autogyro mom flew in. Their home is now a museum.
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