Helicopter
InventorIgor Sikorsky
Year1939
CategoryTransport
OriginUSA
About Helicopter
Sikorskys VS-300 was the first practical single-rotor helicopter. Leonardo da Vinci sketched a helicopter concept in 1489. The first piloted free flight was by Paul Cornu in 1907, lasting 20 seconds. Helicopters transformed rescue, warfare, and medical transport.
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