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Helicopters Timeline

By Santi, Ivan e Iñaki
  • Period: 1500 to

    Helicopters Timeline

  • 1510

    Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches

    Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches
    Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches from the late fifteenth century were the ancestor to the modern day flying machine

  • First Helicopter built- Unsuccessful

    First Helicopter built- Unsuccessful
    The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu in 1907, however, this design was not successful.

  • First Successful Flight By Igor Sikorsky

    First Successful Flight By Igor Sikorsky
    On September 14, 1939, the VS-300, the world’s first practical helicopter, took flight at Stratford, Connecticut.

  • First Helicopter With Metal Rotor Blades, 1944

    First Helicopter With Metal Rotor Blades, 1944
    American inventor Stanley Hiller, Jr. made the first helicopter with all metal rotor blades that were very stiff

  • Drones

    Drones
    Creation of the drones