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Where did the name and word Helicopter come from ?
On 24th September 1863, Viscount Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt used the word in a monograph entitled "La Conqûete de l'air par l'hélice. Exposé d'un nouveau système d'aviation", published in Paris. In this 40-page document he put together the Greek words helico and pteron, meaning "spiral" and "wing", to make the word hélicoptère. (Thanks Chris Jones)
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