http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/17/helicopter-flown-successfully/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/17/helicopter-flown-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-1052954 Jan Bout Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:52:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/17/helicopter-flown-successfully/#comment-1052954 Hanna Reitsch flew a helicopter way back erlier than the Americans In Berlin, in the Deutschlandhalle February 1938 she flew INSIDE the hall Hanna Reitsch flew a helicopter way back erlier than the Americans In Berlin, in the Deutschlandhalle February 1938 she flew INSIDE the hall

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/17/helicopter-flown-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-636427 Orv Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:58:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/17/helicopter-flown-successfully/#comment-636427 Sikorksy would later use that machine to develop the main rotor/tail rotor configuration used by most helicopters today. It's at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, now. The fuselage was later covered with linen (as was common for small aircraft at the time), but in early development he left it uncovered to make modifications easier. Sikorksy would later use that machine to develop the main rotor/tail rotor configuration used by most helicopters today. It’s at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI, now. The fuselage was later covered with linen (as was common for small aircraft at the time), but in early development he left it uncovered to make modifications easier.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/17/helicopter-flown-successfully/comment-page-1/#comment-7321 Anonymous Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:47:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/17/helicopter-flown-successfully/#comment-7321 Of course, Sikorsky's name is Igor, not Ivor. Of course, Sikorsky’s name is Igor, not Ivor.

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