Gyropter
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Small military air vessel, similar in form to a helicopter, perhaps even the same device, in which case it would be an example of esoteric renaming. Used by both the Church and Lord Asriel's forces.
Its name comes from Jacques and Louis Brequet's helicopter called "Gyroplane No, 1". It was the first, although heavily-assisted, helicopter flight (in 1907). In this way, "gyropter" is a portmanteau of "gyroplane" (that is, a plane whose blades gyrate, i.e. spin around a fixed point), and "helicopter".
