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Cornu helicopter
1907
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Breguet-Richet Gyroplane No.2
1908
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Helicopter-aeroplane, combining the principles of thelifting screw with the aeroplane pure and simple. Thescrews are ...
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Ellehammer helicopter
1912
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Jacob Christian Ellehammer must surely rank among the most versatile of aviation's early pioneers. First ...
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| In 1913 Henry Villard, who had previously performed some direct lift experiments in France, carried ... read more ... |
Villard helicopter
1912
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Decazes "Helicoplane"
1912
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Around 1902, Viscount Decazes and G. Besancon hadconducted tests of a 6m diameter vertically mountedpropeller ...
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| Papin and Rouilly's "Gyropter" possessed only a single hollow blade with a plan area of ... read more ... |
Papin & Rouilly "Gyroptere"
1915
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Douheret helicopter
1919
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The Douheret helicopter of 1919 was the first helicopter with the engine placed between its ...
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| At the Royal Air Establishment in Farnborough, England, Louis Brennan conducted experimentson the propeller-driven rotor ... read more ... |
Brennan helicopter
1924
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Oemichen No.1
1920
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Meanwhile, work had resumed in France where in 1920 Etienne Oehmichen flew a helicopter somewhat ...
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| Etienne Oemichen, a young engineer with the Peugeot motor car company, began to experiment with ... read more ... |
Oemichen No.2
1922
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Oemichen No.3
1924
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Oemichen's third helicopter which appeared in 1924 had a single large rotor with two blades ...
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| In stiff competition with Oemichen, Spanish engineer MarquisRaul Pateras Pescara began building rotary wing machines,initially ... read more ... |
Pescara Stoppable Rotor-Wing
1922 - project
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Pescara No.3
1923
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It is unfortunate that more complete records have evidently not survived of the later Pescara ...
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| Dutchman A. G. von Baumhauer built a helicopter in 1925 that flew in a very ... read more ... |
Baumhauer helicopter
1925
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Chauviere "Gyroptere"
1927
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Lucien Chauviere, a well-known propeller designer, built amachine dubbed the Gyroptere in 1927,based on the ...
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| As early as 1908 von Asboth had set about building a biplane, and during World ... read more ... |
Asboth helicopter
1928
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Florine helicopter
1930
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The first twin tandem rotor machine to fly was built by Nicolas Florine in Belgium ...
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| In Italy, Corridion D'Ascanio built a machine with two 13m counter-rotating coaxialrotors, each with a ... read more ... |
Ascanio helicopter
1930
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