The National Interest

The First Helicopter Was Far, Far Ahead of Its Time

Fixed-wing aviation began earlier, and progressed more quickly, than rotary-wing aviation. Fixed-wing aviation is generally understood to have started with the Wright Brothers, at Kitty Hawk, North ...
The National Interest

Mil Mi-1: The USSR’s First Helicopter Punched Above Its Weight

The Mi-1’s simplicity, versatility, and reliability made it a workhorse for the USSR and its allies. Developed by the Mil Design Bureau, the Soviet Mil Mi-1 is the first helicopter produced by the ...
Yahoo

This Korean War aviator was the first helicopter pilot to receive MOH

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. John Kelvin Koelsch (Navy) First used by the 1st Air Commando in World War II, the Sikorsky R-4 often fell short of its role ...
AOL

Who Invented The First Modern Helicopter?

The famed Wright brothers made history in December 1903 with their inaugural flight at Kitty Hawk. Just over six decades later, our understanding of flight advanced so far that Yuri Gagarin became the ...
Forbes

On This Day In 1944, Helicopters Became Lifesaving Tools

82 years ago today, a U.S. Coast Guard pilot flew history’s first helicopter rescue mission. On January 3, 1944, Coast Guard Pilot Frank Erickson flew straight into the teeth of a raging storm to ...