First VTOL flight in USA (John Newton Williams Machine)

Friday, May 22, 1908 - Kingsley Flats, Hammondsport, New York, USA , N/A

 

Description

This was performed by an experimental helicopter of John Newton Williams, powered by an engine designed and built by Glenn Hammond Curtiss.

(Source: AHS Press Release)

 

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