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Berliner-Williams helicopter
1908
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The first manned US vertical flight machine appears to have been developed by Emile Berlinerand ...
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| Emile Berliner's son, Henry, continued exploring vertical flight machines when his fathersuffered a nervous breakdown ... read more ... |
Berliner helicopter
1919
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Berliner helicopter
1921
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Three years later Berliner used the fuselage of a Nieuport biplane with a 4.5m rotor ...
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| In January 1921, the US Army Air Corps awarded a contract to Dr. George de ... read more ... |
Bothezat helicopter
1922
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Bothezat helicopter
1940
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Single-seat close-cockpit helicopter with 85hp radial engine and two coaxial rotors. Completed by De Bothezat's ...
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| At the time when the Autogiro Company of America had just come into being and ... read more ... |
Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter
1926
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Wilford WRK Gyroplane
1931
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A single-seat open-cockpit autogiro (X794W) made by E. Burke Wilford in Pennsylvania. First flew on ...
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| The U.S. Navy's single XOZ-1 autogiro was a Consolidated N2Y-1 tandem-seat, biplane trainer (Navy BuNo ... read more ... |
Pennsylvania XOZ-1
1937
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Froebe helicopter
1937
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Canada's first helicopter, built by the Froebe brothers of Manitoba in the early 1930s. Preserved ...
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| The Convertoplane, cross between an airplane and a rotorplane,was developed in the United States in ... read more ... |
Herrick Convertoplane
1937
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Platt-Le Page XR-1
1941
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In 1938 Havilland H. Platt, a mechanical engineer, entered into partnership with W. Laurence LePage ...
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| Another development for vertical flight is the Higgins helicopter, designed by Enea Bossi and built ... read more ... |
Higgins helicopter
1943
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Landgraf Model H-2
1944
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The Landgraf Helicopter Company of Los Angeles, California, is also engaged in building a single-seater ...
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| In 1944, Vincent Bendix (of washing machine fame) established Bendix Helicopters (later renamed Helicopters Inc.) ... read more ... |
Bendix Helicopter Model J
1945
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Bendix Helicopter Model K
1945
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In 1944, Vincent Bendix (of washing machine fame) established Bendix Helicopters (later renamed Helicopters Inc.) ...
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| Two undergraduate engineers of the University of Michigan, Corwin Denny and Karl Schakel, with the ... read more ... |
Aeronautical Products Model 3
1945
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Roteron XM-1
1946
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This photograph shows the Roteron XM-1 single-seater helicopter. The weight isgiven as 104kg, the rotor ...
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| The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was incorporated in 1900 for the sale of the ... read more ... |
Firestone XR-9
1946
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| The Marquardt Company was set up in 1944 for the purpose of study work into ... read more ... |
Marquardt M-14
1948
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Glenview GMP.I Flyride
1953
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Since 1950 Glenview Metal Products has been engaged in the manufacture of industrial components, including ...
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Rotor-Craft RH-1 "Pinwheel"
1954
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The Rotorcraft RF-1 Pinwheel one-man helicopter was designed in 1954 to provide military personnel with ...
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| The Goodyear Aircraft Corporation is a subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, well ... read more ... |
Goodyear GA-400R "Gizmo"
1954
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Adams-Wilson "Hobbycopter"
1958
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This company was formed by Mr. T.G.Adams and Mr. Paul Wilson to market plans for ...
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| Del Mar Engineering Laboratory was a weapons system support and training systems designer/manufacturer of Los ... read more ... |
Del Mar DH-1A Whirlymite
1958
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Del Mar DH-2C Whirlymite
1963
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The Del Mar DH-2C Whirlymite was an American radio-controlled target drone helicopter first flown in ...
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| The helicopter was tested in 1968. No series production ... read more ... |
Del Mar DH-20
1968
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Continental Copters El Tomcat
1959
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In 1959, Continental Copters Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, developed and produced a specialised single-seat ...
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| This attractive little jump-start autogyro was designed by Raymond Umbaugh in 1959 after he had ... read more ... |
Air & Space 18A "Flymobil"
1959
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Monte-Copter Model 15 Triphibian
1959
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Monte-Copter, Inc. was incorporated in June, 1953, to develop a light helicopter featuring the "cold-jet" ...
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| Another front-engine design, the obscure Haig-K Aircraft Corporation HK-1. The Continental C85 is practically in ... read more ... |
Haig-K HK-1
1959
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Emigh "Commuter Jr"
1960
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Single-seat open-cockpit helicopter powered by 65hp Continental C-65.First flown July 15, 1960. Plans marketed to ...
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| Two-seat autogyro with a close-cockpit and a 85hp Continental C-85 engine. A production version with ... read more ... |
Rotorwing "Sportsman"
1960
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| Bruno Nagler, whose earliest rotary wing experiments go back to 1929, emigrated to the United ... read more ... |
Nagler NH 160
1956
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Nagler VG-1 "Vertigyro"
1964
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A little known Compound-type system was developed by the now-gone Nagler Helicopter Company in the ...
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| The Northrop NV-101 was an American target drone autogyro first flown in 1963. The Northrop ... read more ... |
Northrop NV-101
1963
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| The "Boon Jr" single-seat helicopter has been rebuilttwice by its 75yr-old designer, Mr A. Weilage ... read more ... |
Weilage Boon helicopter
196?
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Scheutzow Model B
1967
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Webb Scheutzow designed a small two-seat helicopter with a patented low-cost 'Flexihub' rotor head which ...
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| The "Mini-Copter" was intended originally for air-dropping to a pilot who had been forced downbehind ... read more ... |
Aerospace General "Mini-Copter"
1956
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Spitfire Helicopter Mk.II
1978
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The Spitfire Helicopter Company became associated with the Enstrom Helicopter Corporationin January 1975 when it ...
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| Douglas Hillman was an enthusiastic amateur builder who carried out several helicopterexperiments in the 1970s ... read more ... |
Hillman Model 360
1981
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American Aircraft "Penetrator"
1991
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Bell UH-1 "Hueys" were stripped down to engine and transmission mounts, controls modified to tandem ...
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| Designed and built by Tom Navickas, the Load Ranger is primarily targeted at the aerial ... read more ... |
Load Ranger 2000
1997
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