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Hiller donated the XH-44 to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 1953. [4] The helicopter was restored in 1974, and in 1997 it was lent back to Hiller and displayed at the Hiller Aviation Museum. [4] The original XH-44 was later moved to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, with the Hiller Aviation Museum displaying a replica in its ...
Stanley Hiller, then seventeen, established the first helicopter factory on the West Coast of the United States, located in Berkeley, California, [1] in 1942, under the name "Hiller Industries," to develop his design for the coaxial-rotor XH-44 "Hiller-Copter" for the U.S. Army. The XH-44 became operational in 1944. [2] In collaboration with ...
At 17, he presented his design for the XH-44 "Hiller-Copter" to the U.S. Army in Washington D.C., winning not only their approval, but also a draft deferment during World War II. Immediately thereafter, he established the first helicopter factory on the West Coast at 1930-50 Addison Street in Berkeley, California. [2]
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(1942: (Stanley) Hiller Industries, Berkeley, CA, 1944: United Helicopters Inc (Hiller & Henry J Kaiser), 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, c.1952: Hiller Helicopters. 1961: Acquisition by Eltra Corp, a holding company. 1964: Fairchild-Hiller Corp. 1973: Hiller Aviation. 1984: Fairchild-Hiller assets sold to Rogerson Aircraft Corp as Rogerson-Hiller, Port Angeles, WA, 1994: Hiller Aircraft ...
Pages in category "1950s United States helicopters" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. ... American Helicopter XH-26 Jet Jeep; B. Bell 47J ...
Hiller Aircraft Corporation. Hiller HJ-1/YH-32; Hiller ROE Rotorcycle; ... Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane; Hughes-McDonnell XV-9 "Hot Cycle" OH-6 Cayuse; TH-55 Osage;
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