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Helicopter
1994
Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland, 29 killed
1994
Frank Wells, president (Disney), dies in helicopter crash
1994
Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose, California, 1 dead
1993
Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1992
32 Cubans defect to the U.S. via helicopter
1990
Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
1986
Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM New York City helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes
1986
52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
1986
De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25
1983
Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
1983
20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident
1982
Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R.
1981
Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified
1977
North Korea shoots down U.S. helicopter, killing 3
1977
5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am bldg in New York City
1975
Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders
1972
Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83
1965
1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford
1957
1st President to fly in helicopter - Dwight Eisenhower
1956
1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Washington D.C.
1954
1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC
1953
1st helicopter passenger service, New York City
1952
1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins
1950
1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
1947
1st helicopter air mail and express service
1946
1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York City)
1946
1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Connecticut
1942
Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
1941
1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Connecticut
1940
1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut
1940
Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
1940
1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300
1936
1st flight of Fw61 helicopter
1928
1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US
1928
Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel
1928
Juan de la Cierva flies 1st helicopter above Channel
1923
Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
1923
Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain
1922
Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics
1907
French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)
1905
French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1889
Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
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