Other helicopters built in the United States


Berliner-Williams helicopter Berliner-Williams helicopter

1908

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 ...

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Berliner helicopter

1919

Berliner helicopter

Berliner helicopter Berliner helicopter

1921

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 ...

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Bothezat helicopter

1922

Bothezat helicopter

Bothezat helicopter Bothezat helicopter

1940

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 ...

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Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter

1926

Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter

Wilford WRK Gyroplane Wilford WRK Gyroplane

1931

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 ...

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Pennsylvania XOZ-1

1937

Pennsylvania XOZ-1

Froebe helicopter Froebe helicopter

1937

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 ...

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Herrick Convertoplane

1937

Herrick Convertoplane

Platt-Le Page XR-1 Platt-Le Page XR-1

1941

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 ...

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Higgins helicopter

1943

Higgins helicopter

Landgraf Model H-2 Landgraf Model H-2

1944

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.) ...

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Bendix Helicopter Model J

1945

Bendix Helicopter Model J

Bendix Helicopter Model K Bendix Helicopter Model K

1945

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 ...

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Aeronautical Products Model 3

1945

Aeronautical Products Model 3

Roteron XM-1 Roteron XM-1

1946

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 ...

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Firestone XR-9

1946

Firestone XR-9

Gazda "Helicospeeder" Gazda "Helicospeeder"

1947

Shortly before the end of World War II, Antoine Gazda, of Gazda Engineering, a firm ...

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The Marquardt Company was set up in 1944 for the purpose of study work into ...

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Marquardt M-14

1948

Marquardt M-14

Glenview GMP.I Flyride Glenview GMP.I Flyride

1953

Since 1950 Glenview Metal Products has been engaged in the manufacture of industrial components, including ...

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The Rotor-Craft XR-11, designed by Mr. Gilbert Magill, isso far the only tandem rotor helicopter ...

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Rotor-Craft X-2 Dragonfly / XR-11

1946

Rotor-Craft X-2 Dragonfly / XR-11

Rotor-Craft RH-1 "Pinwheel" Rotor-Craft RH-1 "Pinwheel"

1954

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 ...

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Goodyear GA-400R "Gizmo"

1954

Goodyear GA-400R "Gizmo"

Adams-Wilson "Hobbycopter" Adams-Wilson "Hobbycopter"

1958

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 ...

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Del Mar DH-1A Whirlymite

1958

Del Mar DH-1A Whirlymite

Del Mar DH-2C Whirlymite Del Mar DH-2C Whirlymite

1963

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 ...

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Del Mar DH-20

1968

Del Mar DH-20

Continental Copters El Tomcat Continental Copters El Tomcat

1959

In 1959, Continental Copters Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, developed and produced a specialised single-seat ...

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Larson-Holmes helicopter

1958

Larson-Holmes helicopter

Galaxie XRG-65 Glaticopter Galaxie XRG-65 Glaticopter

1959

The XRG-65 Glaticopter is a one-of-a-kind research helicopter intended to evaluate new ideas in rotor ...

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This attractive little jump-start autogyro was designed by Raymond Umbaugh in 1959 after he had ...

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Air & Space 18A "Flymobil"

1959

Air & Space 18A "Flymobil"

Monte-Copter Model 15 Triphibian Monte-Copter Model 15 Triphibian

1959

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 ...

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Haig-K HK-1

1959

Haig-K HK-1

Emigh "Commuter Jr" Emigh "Commuter Jr"

1960

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 ...

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Rotorwing "Sportsman"

1960

Rotorwing "Sportsman"

Avian 2/180 "Gyroplane" Avian 2/180 "Gyroplane"

1961

Avian Aircraft Ltd. was founded in 1959 by Peter Payne, together with a small group ...

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Bruno Nagler, whose earliest rotary wing experiments go back to 1929, emigrated to the United ...

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Nagler NH 160

1956

Nagler NH 160

Nagler VG-1 "Vertigyro" Nagler VG-1 "Vertigyro"

1964

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 ...

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Northrop NV-101

1963

Northrop NV-101

Bannick Model T Copter Bannick Model T Copter

1964

Lester J. Bannick developed the Bannick Model T Copter (N9989Z) in 1964. This was a ...

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The "Boon Jr" single-seat helicopter has been rebuilttwice by its 75yr-old designer, Mr A. Weilage ...

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Weilage Boon helicopter

196?

Weilage Boon helicopter

Scheutzow Model B Scheutzow Model B

1967

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 ...

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Aerospace General "Mini-Copter"

1956

Aerospace General "Mini-Copter"

Spitfire Helicopter Mk.II Spitfire Helicopter Mk.II

1978

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 ...

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Hillman Model 360

1981

Hillman Model 360

American Aircraft "Penetrator" American Aircraft "Penetrator"

1991

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 ...

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Load Ranger 2000

1997

Load Ranger 2000