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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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