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Mil Mi-6:
First to reach the 300 km/h (1961)
See Mil
Kamov Ka-22:
Reach 337 km/h on 100 km circuit (Oct 14,1961)
See Kamov
Mil Mi-8 (plus -14/17):
World's most produced helicopter design
See Mil
Sikorsky S-65 :
Biggest helicopter of the western world (1964)
See Sikorsky
Sud-Aviation Super Frelon :
Biggest helicopter built in Western Europe (1965)
See Aerospatiale
Hughes YOH-6 :
Major distance in a straight line for an helicopter: 3.561 Km
(April 6/7,1966)
See McDonnell Douglas
Sikorsky S-61R :
First NON-STOP trans-Atlantic flight by helicopters (1967)
See Sikorsky
Lockheed XH-51 :
Reach 487 km/h (June, 1967)
Mil Mi-12 :
Largest helicopter yet flown (1968)
Lift 40.204 Kg to 2.255 m (August 9,1969)
See Mil
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Avian 2/180 Gyroplane
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Canadiar CL-84 Dynavert
Tiltrotor, 5/7/65
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VZLU HC-3
In 1962, the next Slechta's design flew. It was a completly rebuilded helicopter
based on the HC-2 / 102 with wider range of usage, including a conversion to an
attack helicopter.
Zlin XZ-35
Another design group at Moravan Otrokovice designed this light training helicopter.
To simplify the design and building they used some components from the HC-102
(main and tail rotor system).
The steel tube tail part was taken from the Bell 47. It used a skid landing gear.
Zlin XZ-135
A XZ-35 with a powerful engine and different nose section. Due high
vibration the helicopter recieved a biggest main rotor (diameter 10,00m), the
helicopter designation then changed to XZ-135A.
VFW Autogyro H2 & Convertiplane H3
Dornier Do 132
Five-seat tip-driven helicopter
Wagner Skytrac / Aerocar
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MBB
bo 105
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Messerschmitt
( Contribution Thomas Mueller )
P408:
Not built
1966 / 67 configuration
1968 configuration
P2020 :
A transport project with a payload of 6000 kg or 55 passengers, and a range about 1200 km. Not built (1968 )
Cierva CR.LTH-1
Designed by spanish De la Cierva
Wallis Autogyros WA-116 / 120
Brookland Gyroplane
Gadfly autogyro HDW1
Mc Candless Gyroplane
Silvercraft SH-4
Silvercraft SH-200
Derivate from SH-4, not produced
Kawasaki KH-4
Kharkov Kai-24 autogyro
Featured: Hueys in Vietnam: Camp Holloway
PiAC 16H Pathfinder
Lockheed CL-475
A rigid rotor concept prototype. Serial number N6940C
Lockheed Model 186 (XH-51)
On November 26th, 1962, African American inventor, Paul E. Williams patented
this helicopter (U.S. patent #3,065,933). It was a
compound experimental helicopter and only 3 units were built.
( serial numbers 61-51261,61-51262 & 61-51263 )
June 1967:
The XH-51 reaches 487 km/h
Lockheed Model 286
Five-seat utility commercial helicopter with rigid rotor developed
from the XH-51
Lockheed CL-840 ( AH-56 Cheyenne )
Air Space Model 18 autogyro
Galaxie G-100
Filper Beta 400
Lift LS-3
Sheutzow Model B
Rotorway Scorpion
Sonel autogyros
Del Mar :
Bruce Del Mar founded this company. He begins with the DH-1
Whirlymite that it made the first flight on June 15, 1960 and was
developed as DH-2. They also
build the trainers DHT-1 & 2. The final model was the experimental
DH-20 that was a twin turbine and twin rotor helo
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Gyrodyne QH-50
A remotely piloted vehicle,
the Droned Anti-Submarine Helicopter (DASH)
was the US Navy's sole
Anti-Sub answer for the critical 50-75 mile range for
close to a decade with over 700 procured.
The Gyrodyne aircraft utilized a
co-axial rotor system that was fully tettering
so the drone could fit on destroyer hangar deck (2 per ship)
During the Vietnam war, the QH-50 was flown from the USS New
Jersey to spot for their gunnery accuracy. The Aircraft utilized
night time, real time TV and infrared camera's. This set up
allowed spotting without having pilots in a very hazardous
environment.
This recon mission capability has not been lost and is in fact
being perfected today by Dornier GmbH , utilizing 3
QH-50E 's that will be modified for manufacturing and deployment
in 2000 on the new German Corvette Class destroyer
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