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the first documented helicopter loop
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:14 pm
by muddyboots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MmY4HtOm_M
thought ya'll might like to see this one.
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:13 pm
by Roger Cain
It's interesting how low he started the loop from............
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:20 pm
by MX304
Roger Cain wrote:It's interesting how low he started the loop from............
No joke! Either it wasn't the first time he ever did it, or he had some rather large brass attachments.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:03 am
by Baldeagle
Neat stuff.
A number of people looped autogiros back in the 1930s, including Jim Ray (Pitcairn test pilot), and Johnny Miller, who did aerobatics at the Cleveland Air Races, including a roll on top of a loop. Maybe somebody will dig up some film of that to post on youtube.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:09 pm
by Jerry O'Neill
This first loop occurred in Bridgeport at the plant Sikorsky moved to after the Corsair production pushed them out, not Stratford.
Jerry