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Berliner later spun off the Gyro Motor Company from this work. [1] A test rig was flown in 1908, followed by two other upgrades before Berliner focused on his other businesses. [1] In 1919, Emile Berliner's son, Henry Berliner, left the Army Air Service as an aerial photographer to work with his father on helicopter designs. [1]
Emile Berliner (May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) originally Emil Berliner, was a German-American inventor. He is best known for inventing the lateral-cut flat disc record (called a "gramophone record" in British and American English) used with a gramophone .
Albert Sanders, Rebecca Berliner Joseph Sanders (18 October 1877 – 1960) was a German-American who worked alongside his uncle Emile Berliner to develop the record player, the first controllable helicopter and one of the earliest production rotary engines.
Henry Adler Berliner (December 13, 1895 – May 1, 1970) was a United States aircraft and helicopter pioneer. Berliner Helicopter No. 5 (1924), as on exhibit in College Park, Md. Sixth son of inventor Emile Berliner , he was born in Washington, D.C.
In 1901, inventor Emile Berliner (1851–1929) began building experimental helicopters that used Addams-Farwell rotary engine. The Gyro Motor Company was formed in 1909 by Emile Berliner to make rotary engines. His designs were improvements of the Addams-Farwell rotary engine Berliner used in early helicopter experiments. The engines at the ...
Berliner 1907 Single-Bladed Helicopter [1] Berliner 1907 Twin-Bladed Helicopter [1] Berliner 1913 Helicopter [1] Berliner Model D helicopter ca.1920 [1] Berliner Helicopter ca.1921 [1] Berliner Triplane Helicopter ca.1923 [1] Berliner Helicoplane ca.1924 [1]
In 1920, Emile and Henry Berliner (father and son) brought their theories of vertical flight to the field and in 1924 made the first controlled helicopter flight. From 1927 until 1933, the Bureau of Standards developed and tested the first radio navigational aids for use in "blind" or bad weather flying. This was the forerunner of the modern ...
Aviation cadets who washed out of pilot training were sent to navigator or bombardier school. Aviation cadets who washed out of navigator or bombardier training were usually sent to Flexible Gunnery School to become aerial gunners. Liaison Pilot School lasted 60 flight hours. It was an option for cadets who had passed primary training, but had ...