Arthur Middleton Young was the man responsible for the design of the stabiliser bar used on many Bell designs. He was a very clever self taught engineer.
After my stint in the Air Force I was an officer in the Civil Air Patrol (the Air Force Auxiliary), and nowhere during our aerospace education program were we told that the CAP had arranged the first indoor helicopter flight in the USA. (11:36) One learns something new every day. Thanks for this upload.
Great! I wonder how many people get the significance of this video.. with the "artificial horizon". Flight Gear consists of a white shirt, black tie and dark slacks. Thanks for the upload Paul Faltyn.
Health and safety soon caught up, now you can't do anything shown on this video, I would love to hover and land on someones hand, or fly inside a building. Flying around the inside of a packed stadium. Here in the UK you can't even land a helicopter anywhere off airfield without permission from the land owner and very restricted rules, so not much point as means of transport.
Why no helmet or crash bar. It's a trial aircraft, not something that was already tested and passed, was it? Even so, these early helicopters were really impressive and already advanced in flight principles to today's helicopters.
America's helicopter development would have been greatly delayed had it not been for the contributions of Russian immigrant and aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky, whose 1942 Sikorsky R-4 was the first mass-produced helicopter. It was the first helicopter used by all branches of the US armed forces, as well as the UK's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. In Britain, it was called the Hoverfly. (I say that Igor Sikorsky was a "Russian" immigrant because when he was born, the place of his birth was part of the Russian Empire. It is now called Ukraine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky)
Arthur Middleton Young was the man responsible for the design of the stabiliser bar used on many Bell designs. He was a very clever self taught engineer.
After my stint in the Air Force I was an officer in the Civil Air Patrol (the Air Force Auxiliary), and nowhere during our aerospace education program were we told that the CAP had arranged the first indoor helicopter flight in the USA. (11:36) One learns something new every day. Thanks for this upload.
Pure talent and a bid to outdo the impossible. Thanks to guys like these for most of the commonplace comforts we have today.
Imagine how back in the day ... futuristic ... state of the art technology ... bet these aircraft made kids eyes buzz with excitement.
Salute to the engineers of 20th centuries with both my hands
Fantastic documentary !
and forgotten best documentry. *i wish this helicopter in D-Day... that would be NUTS.*
Great! I wonder how many people get the significance of this video.. with the "artificial horizon". Flight Gear consists of a white shirt, black tie and dark slacks.
Thanks for the upload Paul Faltyn.
I realize it is kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to watch newly released series online?
@Louie Brentley ehh I watch on Flixportal. you can find it thru google :D -maddux
@Maddux Camden Thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) Appreciate it!
@Louie Brentley glad I could help :D
That's a beautiful looking aircraft 🥰
What's funny was that fly bar wasn't needed . The 47 flew nice with or without the thing. The 206 didn't have one either.
Best chopper I've ever flown!!!
The guy test helicopter without helmet & seat belt. He must've had balls of steel
no....he'd lost everything in a poker game the night before.
Just like the race car drivers of the era.
Very good performance, Nice enginners and mechanichs
Pretty good quality film footage and sound.
Had they seen an Apache back then they would have freaked out
I like this flight science and I need to work on some.
Já nasceu para fazer sucesso.
Very COoL. Seems petty but I'm finding it hard to warm up to those body styles... Funky! Thanks for the climps into the past
7:34 is a slowmotion? cool...
Not slow motion photography, just filmed before the rotor was up to full speed.
Pra mim... Uns dos maiores eventos...
show de bola já era perfeito os helicóptero também gosto de mais da aviação
os pilotos de testes era muito profissional parabéns
Health and safety soon caught up, now you can't do anything shown on this video, I would love to hover and land on someones hand, or fly inside a building. Flying around the inside of a packed stadium. Here in the UK you can't even land a helicopter anywhere off airfield without permission from the land owner and very restricted rules, so not much point as means of transport.
The swashplate was the answer.
The teetering hinge was critical.
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Why no helmet or crash bar. It's a trial aircraft, not something that was already tested and passed, was it? Even so, these early helicopters were really impressive and already advanced in flight principles to today's helicopters.
waww interested 1944
It'l never catch on......just you wait and see.
Finally at 8:30 the pilot is wearing proper flight gear.....a fedora and a trench coat.
Algum brasileiro aqui pra gente conversar? Rsrs!
O helicóptero... Aqui no Brasil... Principalmente no nordeste... Avião de rosca... Rs rs rs rs rs rs
Nunca ouvi falar
Get to da chopper 🚁💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
Muito bem!
Look MA ! NO HELMET !
Чудо буржуйской техники
Почему я родился среди варваров в СССР🤦🏼♀️
America's helicopter development would have been greatly delayed had it not been for the contributions of Russian immigrant and aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky, whose 1942 Sikorsky R-4 was the first mass-produced helicopter. It was the first helicopter used by all branches of the US armed forces, as well as the UK's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. In Britain, it was called the Hoverfly. (I say that Igor Sikorsky was a "Russian" immigrant because when he was born, the place of his birth was part of the Russian Empire. It is now called Ukraine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky)