Helicopter

History of Helicopters

By Gavin Swier
  • The first ever Helicopter sketch
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    The first ever Helicopter sketch

    The first ever person to make blueprints for the helicopter was Leonardo da Vinci. He called it the aerial screw.
  • The first ever practical helicopter

    The first ever practical helicopter

    The VS-300 helicopter made by Igor Sikorsky was the first ever helicopter that was practical and functions like they do in the modern day and age
  • The first ever helicopter to be in combat

    The first ever helicopter to be in combat

    The YR-4B was the first ever helicopter to fly in combat
  • First ever two rotor helicopter

    First ever two rotor helicopter

    The first ever two rotor helicopter was called the Chinook and it was built by a man named Frank Nicolas Piasecki.
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    First ever helipad created

    The first ever helicopter pad was created to make it easier to land a helicopter.
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    The cheapest and deadliest helicopter manufacture

    The Robinson helicopter company is one of the cheapest helicopter manufactures in the world and as long as you have a little bit of money and a helicopter license it is very easy to get one but of coarse their is a catch for these helicopters being so cheap and that is that these helicopters are more prone to crashes than other more expensive helicopter. In the years 2006-2016 the Robinson company's helicopters have caused at least 42 deadly crashes
  • First fully electric helicopter

    First fully electric helicopter

    The SikorSky was the first ever fully electric helicopter ever

  • First helicopter to hover over another planet

    The ingenuity was a small robotic helicopter that hovered over mars for a minute or two for NASA testing