I spent 40 years working on and crewing Sikorsky Helicopters. S-55, S58/S58T, S-61A/L/N's and a few H-3's for the Government. My Dad worked for Sikorsky after he retired from the USMC. I got to meet and see Pitcairn Jr. fly a Pitcairn Autogyro late 1980's. Nice video.
Mark Felton in his YT channel War Stories researched a rumor and found there was one combat operation of a helicopter in WW2. It was in 1945 in Burma. There was a guerilla resistance in Burma usually with an American officer and Burmese recruits. The American in this case had a gangrenous leg and his camp was on a hill in mountainous terrain. They could not clear a landing strip. A helicopter was available but could not reach an altitude high enough to go over some hills. It had range to go one way. It was designed to have 1 pilot and one observer. So an airdrop of aviation fuel preceded it an enough trees were cut for a helipad. It worked and the officer got to hospital on time.
That was so cool. I got to ride in one back in mid 1960s at Long Beach, California. The pilot charged $10.00 for me and my dad and flew us around the harbor for about 15 minutes. The model helicopter was like the one you see in the movie and TV show M*A*S*H. That was fun. My dad passed away 1982. Love these old videos. I'm retired USAF.
The funniest/ quirky thing about all the test flights?!?! The pilot of the helicopter is always in Proper military uniform! Thank you for Preservation of History on Film!
At 76 years old I've had a pilot's license for over 50 years and owned and flew many types of aircraft. I also worked in flight simulation for over 30 years so also got to fly many different aircraft simulators including fighters and cargo aircraft. 6 months ago my wife was taking a trip out of the country and she asked me what I was going to do while she was gone. I said "I'm going to take helicopter flying lessons!" I did this and fell in love with helicopters! I wish I had spent some of the thousands of dollars I paid to fly airplanes to instead fly helicopters. I have to say that it is a totally different skill set and it took me a few tries to learn how to hover but what a rush. My flying time is about over but at least I got to fly a helicopter towards the end.
One of my most cherished possessions is a 1946 photo of my father’s graduation class from Sikorsky training on S51 maintenance autographed by Mr. Sikorsky. Dad mustered out from WWII service in Pacific aboard USS Franklin as AMM only a couple months earlier. He was called back in for USN first deployment of four S51 helos in Operation Highjump to Antarctica in late 46 - early 47 led by Admiral Byrd. The S51s were deployed from two seaplane tenders to scout ahead for icebergs. Dad was very proud to have played a small part in the birth of helicopter aviation in the USN.
Thank you for posting this. I wonder if my late father, who served in the Army Air Corps (as ground support) was shown this? He would have been fascinated by it.
Fun fact: Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Admittedly when it was part of the Russian Empire but before the revolution created the Soviet Union. 🇺🇦
Fun fact: The roots of the word helicopter aren't heli-copter, but helico-pter, meaning spiral-winged bird. My late Granddad told me about during his time in the Korean war, his platoon was used in experiments to see how quickly helicopters could be used to get X number of soldiers from one ridge to the next etc. with variations of more helicopters versus more trips with fewer. NGL, the XR-4 is amazingly functional and durable for its stage of development, but damned if the body doesn't look like a helicopter you'd get from Temu!
Thanks for posting this. I always are looking for R4 and R6 videos. My father was in the first class of Helicopter Instructor pilots graduated by the Army at Freeman field. He went on to be Chief Test Pilot at Nash Kelvinator where the R6 was built during WW2. Thanks again.
As a long time helicopter pilot, mechanic and inspector, I see the Army pilots with no helmet or safety gear. I kinda cringe. Most of my experience is with Hueys, OH-58 and several Jet Ranger derivatives. I do have some experience with the old Army H-34, the main rotor blades were gas filled and had numerous sections. The H-34 didnt hold up well in Vietnam. These early helicopter main rotor blades were like a small version of a fabric covered aircraft wing. Of course they had the shape of an airfoil, but the structure looked like the inside of a Piper Cub but smaller. Not exactly, but you get the idea, The blades were covered with fabric like many control surfaces were back in the day and many smaller airplanes had fabric covered everything. The fuselage on the R-4 was steel tube and covered in fabric.
Quiet, my foot. Sounds like something a salesman would say. Oh yes, the helicopter can sneak right up on anyone and get the jump on them. Quiet as a grave yard.
Nazis: We have an untested plane here that's made of plywood and the fuel can kill you we want you to fly it Most people: Ummmmmm...... Hanna Reitsch: ALREADY DONE😂
I had my civilian rotor pilot license before I got my driver's license at 15. Went in the Army and they wouldn't let me be a helicopter pilot. Their excuse was I had enough flight hours prior to entering to have "bad habits". So I was a scout observer on a OH-58, which I had 240 flight hours on the same aircraft, the Bell 206, prior to entering the Army. Figure their bullshit out. SNAFU.
@@justagi119So the first helicopter and the biggest fixed wing plane (which the Russians destroyed!) were build by Ukrainians. No wonder Russia wants to occupy you.
Valeu!
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I spent 40 years working on and crewing Sikorsky Helicopters. S-55, S58/S58T, S-61A/L/N's and a few H-3's for the Government. My Dad worked for Sikorsky after he retired from the USMC. I got to meet and see Pitcairn Jr. fly a Pitcairn Autogyro late 1980's. Nice video.
Thank you sir!
just so you know it is The Flying Car
Mark Felton in his YT channel War Stories researched a rumor and found there was one combat operation of a helicopter in WW2. It was in 1945 in Burma. There was a guerilla resistance in Burma usually with an American officer and Burmese recruits. The American in this case had a gangrenous leg and his camp was on a hill in mountainous terrain. They could not clear a landing strip. A helicopter was available but could not reach an altitude high enough to go over some hills. It had range to go one way. It was designed to have 1 pilot and one observer. So an airdrop of aviation fuel preceded it an enough trees were cut for a helipad. It worked and the officer got to hospital on time.
Mark Felton is the man glad to see a fellow fan over here on this channel
That rescue used to be depicted on the Sikorsky Rescue Award certificate.
@firemedic6509 dope tyvm 4 that fun fact
I cancelled my Mark Felton subscription because of inconsistencies in is storytelling, so I'd take that story with a grain of salt🙄🧂
The Flying Car ,, now the history is written
I like that this film doesn’t show the ridiculous helicopter concepts like most. It shows quite a few much better “nearly” designs.
That was so cool. I got to ride in one back in mid 1960s at Long Beach, California. The pilot charged $10.00 for me and my dad and flew us around the harbor for about 15 minutes. The model helicopter was like the one you see in the movie and TV show M*A*S*H. That was fun. My dad passed away 1982. Love these old videos. I'm retired USAF.
Any way you say it it is the Flying Car
The funniest/ quirky thing about all the test flights?!?! The pilot of the helicopter is always in Proper military uniform!
Thank you for Preservation of History on Film!
Except for Sikorsky, who dressed up in a business suit and fedora. (I would have preferred earplugs and a helmet.)
@@erintyres3609 he was casual like on his way too work... chuckle ... the Creation is the Flying Car
At 76 years old I've had a pilot's license for over 50 years and owned and flew many types of aircraft. I also worked in flight simulation for over 30 years so also got to fly many different aircraft simulators including fighters and cargo aircraft. 6 months ago my wife was taking a trip out of the country and she asked me what I was going to do while she was gone. I said "I'm going to take helicopter flying lessons!" I did this and fell in love with helicopters! I wish I had spent some of the thousands of dollars I paid to fly airplanes to instead fly helicopters. I have to say that it is a totally different skill set and it took me a few tries to learn how to hover but what a rush. My flying time is about over but at least I got to fly a helicopter towards the end.
Really neat & interesting old film! Thanks for sharing.
One of my most cherished possessions is a 1946 photo of my father’s graduation class from Sikorsky training on S51 maintenance autographed by Mr. Sikorsky. Dad mustered out from WWII service in Pacific aboard USS Franklin as AMM only a couple months earlier. He was called back in for USN first deployment of four S51 helos in Operation Highjump to Antarctica in late 46 - early 47 led by Admiral Byrd. The S51s were deployed from two seaplane tenders to scout ahead for icebergs. Dad was very proud to have played a small part in the birth of helicopter aviation in the USN.
18:45 Telephone instead of radio. I love it.
with Wire attached so you have the Flying Car and the Car Telephone together they have arrived.
Thank you for posting this.
You're welcome
Its amazing how humans can do so many amazing and stupid things at the same time.
At 11:32 You can see a C-47 on floats in the background
Loved that view of the C47 with floats.
Never hear of a helicopter referred to as quiet before.
whisper mode
Poor Leonardo Davinci...stuck in the 16th century without an internal combustion engine...he was definitely on to something though..
How interesting. Thanks for posting.
Our pleasure! Thanks for being a sub
I'm still waiting on that "two helicopter family."
Me,too. So far the helicopter has been out of reach for owning one for the price of a car today.
Ppl still can’t drive cars in 2 dimensions without killing ppl.
Somewhere on planet Earth, there must be a few family businesses that operate more than one helicopter. But not many.
I was promised a Flying car by the cartoon The Jetsons. Still waiting for that.
@@SuperJC65 The Helicopter is the Flying Car
Thank you for posting this. I wonder if my late father, who served in the Army Air Corps (as ground support) was shown this? He would have been fascinated by it.
In the background around 11:40 I spotted a C-47 on floats that's pretty cool
19 minutes in: "It can operate in almost complete silence." Uh, yeah, about that one...
whisper mode it kinda hums on the latest ones for military but it aint no church mouse ..lol
That was truly fascinating thank you 👍👍👍
The Flying Car or the flying Coach it Is the most Special, it Rescues the Most Intelligent Mammal on Earth
Fun fact: Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev, Ukraine.
Admittedly when it was part of the Russian Empire but before the revolution created the Soviet Union. 🇺🇦
Ukraine were also producing all the planes for Russia, like Antonov
Fun fact: The roots of the word helicopter aren't heli-copter, but helico-pter, meaning spiral-winged bird.
My late Granddad told me about during his time in the Korean war, his platoon was used in experiments to see how quickly helicopters could be used to get X number of soldiers from one ridge to the next etc. with variations of more helicopters versus more trips with fewer.
NGL, the XR-4 is amazingly functional and durable for its stage of development, but damned if the body doesn't look like a helicopter you'd get from Temu!
the meaning of the mechanics may Be spiral winged ,But it is attached too A Car it is actually The Flying Car
Thanks for posting this. I always are looking for R4 and R6 videos. My father was in the first class of Helicopter Instructor pilots graduated by the Army at Freeman field. He went on to be Chief Test Pilot at Nash Kelvinator where the R6 was built during WW2.
Thanks again.
As a long time helicopter pilot, mechanic and inspector, I see the Army pilots with no helmet or safety gear. I kinda cringe. Most of my experience is with Hueys, OH-58 and several Jet Ranger derivatives. I do have some experience with the old Army H-34, the main rotor blades were gas filled and had numerous sections. The H-34 didnt hold up well in Vietnam. These early helicopter main rotor blades were like a small version of a fabric covered aircraft wing. Of course they had the shape of an airfoil, but the structure looked like the inside of a Piper Cub but smaller. Not exactly, but you get the idea, The blades were covered with fabric like many control surfaces were back in the day and many smaller airplanes had fabric covered everything. The fuselage on the R-4 was steel tube and covered in fabric.
Didn't the Marines use a lot of them in them in Nam?
At 17:55, I got nervous watching that man climb a rope ladder.
Any one else feel a sense of calm from this voice and background music
Eugene Gluhareff was a close friend of mine.
@11:30 is that a Dakota with float skids?
We come a long ways baby
@1:15 Boeing B-15 in the background
B-19 too.
my cousin was Born in 49 this flying coach was only 5 years old when he was born. They Both went too Vietnam
4:40 He's standing right under the spinning rotor blades, and it looks like the aircraft could crash at any moment.
Quiet, my foot. Sounds like something a salesman would say. Oh yes, the helicopter can sneak right up on anyone and get the jump on them. Quiet as a grave yard.
I'm waiting for the helicopter on my roof to replace my car.
Right :::it is the flying coach is it not
Helico meaning spiral and pter (think pterosaurs) meaning wing. Helicopter means spiral wing.
Is there any reason the Wright Brothers didn't start with a ten-second flight in a helicopter?
vietnam was all about testing helicopters
Nazis: We have an untested plane here that's made of plywood and the fuel can kill you we want you to fly it
Most people: Ummmmmm......
Hanna Reitsch: ALREADY DONE😂
If I could do my life over again, I’d become a helicopter 🚁 pilot. Probably using the military as a bridge after serving my country 🇺🇸
I had my civilian rotor pilot license before I got my driver's license at 15. Went in the Army and they wouldn't let me be a helicopter pilot. Their excuse was I had enough flight hours prior to entering to have "bad habits". So I was a scout observer on a OH-58, which I had 240 flight hours on the same aircraft, the Bell 206, prior to entering the Army.
Figure their bullshit out. SNAFU.
Didn't the film were eagles day have a helicopter in it
no mention of the airships, or dirigibles ... strange
I likem much.
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So its a russian hellicopter.
Nyet! Sikorsky immigrated to the USA!
He was born in Kyiv Ukraine
@@jaminova_1969Sikorsky ukraine 🇺🇦
@@justagi119So the first helicopter and the biggest fixed wing plane (which the Russians destroyed!) were build by Ukrainians. No wonder Russia wants to occupy you.
for mor time in Modarn machen ✍️😇 Russian Helokapter best forever 🔔👊👊