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Military Aspects of the Transport Helicopter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2023

F N Piasecki
F N Piasecki*
Affiliation:
The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation, USA
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For the second occasion during the 1951/52 session of lectures, this Association has been honoured by the presence of an eminent member of the United States aircraft industry, since this evening we have Mr FRANK PIASECKI as our lecturer

You all know Mr PIASECKI very well by name In 1940 he founded an engineering group known as the P V Engineering Forum This later became the Piasecki Helicopter Corporation, and today he is Chairman of the Board of Directors In 1943 the first single rotor helicopter designed by that small band of people emerged, it was the PV2, and was flown successfully by Mr PIASECKI himself Quick to appreciate the military possibilities of a helicopter capable of carrying a large load and with ample cabin space, he initiated and led the development of the big PV-3 tandemrotor helicopter, and the United States Navy, recognising the merits of the design, awarded a contract for the supply of a quantity of machines of this type

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Research Article
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The Journal of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain , Volume 5 , Issue 3: Oct-Nov-Dec 1951 , December 1951 , pp. 310 - 325
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1951

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT Thanks are due to The Aeroplane and Air Pictorial for the use of illustrations

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