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1 Demise Of The Seaplane Elimination By 1950s Spruce Goose - 1947
Improvements To Runways Downtown Airports John F. Kennedy International Meigs Field Logan International Washington National Helicopter Mass Transportation Spruce Goose

2 Howard Hughes - Spruce Goose
Idea From Henry J. Kaiser, Steel Magnate (1942) Contract For Three - $18 Million Intended For WW II - Prevent Submarine Attacks Put Wings On Liberty Ships - Troops, Supplies, Armament Eight P&W R-4360s (3000 hp Each) 1 minute, 70 feet High, Less Than 1 mile 320 foot Wingspan

3 Helicopter Ancient Chineses - “Flying Top”
14th Century - Illustrations Of Child’s Toy Four Bladed Airscrew On Vertical Spindle Leonardo da Vinci George Cayley (1809) Two Counter Rotating Screws With Spring Bow W.H. Phillips (1842) English Engineer Jets Of Steam From Rotor Tips Chemical Reaction

4 Helicopter Enrico Forlanini (1877) Heinrich Focke (1936)
Italian Engineer Conventional Reciprocating Steam Engine 20 Second Flight Toy Heinrich Focke (1936) First Truly Successful Helicopter Twin Rotor Design

5 Igor Sikorsky Early Experiments - Models VS-300 (1939) XR-4 (1942)
10 hp Engine (1909) 25 hp Engine (1910) VS-300 (1939) Single Rotor XR-4 (1942) Connecticut To Ohio 760 miles HH-3 (1967) New York To Paris Aerial Refueling

6 Helicopter Designs

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