Leonardo Da Vinci
draw his
Helical Air Screw
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1480
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Pioneers
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Paul Cornu
First to take off vertically with its pilot and make a
free flight entirely without assistance from the ground
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1907
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1911
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Boris Yuriev
Publish his
abtomat perekosa
(collective)
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Oehmichen
First kilometer in close circuit flight for an helicopter :
7 minutes, 40 seconds
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1924
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Sikorsky Aero
Engineering Corp
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1930
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Juan de La Cierva
invented the hinged,
flapping rotor blade
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Focke-Wulf Fw 61
First practical Helicopter
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1936
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Kamov
A-7
Autogiro
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Weir W.6
First with two seats
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1939
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Sikorsky VS-300
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Flettner Fl-282
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1942
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Stabilizing Bar
Arthur Young 's Bell 30
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Hiller XH-44
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1943
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First USCG
helo
detachment
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Up to 50s
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Piasecki PV 3
First world's successful
tandem-rotor helicopter
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1945
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Founded
Kaman Aircraft
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Research of helos powered with
ram-jets
mounted at the tips of the rotor blades
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1946
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Bell 47
First World's
certified civil helo
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Mil Bureau
established
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1948
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the 50s
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Convertiplanes
and then
tiltrotors
research begin
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1950
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MASH units
deploys helos
in Korea
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Sikorsky S-55
First world's certified
commercial transport
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1951
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Kaman K-225
First
turbine gas
powered helicopter
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1952
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Agusta Spa.
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Sud Aviation
Alouette II
First world's
turbine helo
to be produced
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1955
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Bell XV-3
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Kaman QH-43
First world's
remotely piloted vehicle
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1957
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Mil
Mi-6
Hook
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the 60s
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1960
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Sikorsky S-61
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Mil Mi-8 Hip
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1961
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1963
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Hueys in Vietnam
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AH-1 Cobra
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1965
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Merger of
Mc Donnell
& Douglas
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1966
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OH-6 Cayuse
Major distance
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Mil Mi-12 Homer
Largest helo yet flown
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1968
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the 70s
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Mil Mi-24 Hind
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1970
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French industries
joined in
Aerospatiale
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1972
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Aerospatiale
Lama
Major altitude
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Robinson R-22
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1973
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1975
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Agusta A109
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Mil Mi-26 Halo
Biggest operational helo
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1977
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1979
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Bell XV-15
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Since 80s
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MD 500 NOTAR
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1983
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1984
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Kamov Ka-50 Hokum
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AH-64 Apache
deliveries begun
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1985
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1989
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V-22 Osprey
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Ultrasports
Helicopters
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1993
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1995
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Eurocopter NH90
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