First flight of a NOTAR equipped helicopter

Thursday, December 17, 1981

 

Description

The aircraft was a modified Hughes OH-6. The pilot was Hughes Helicopters Test Pilot Chuck Hench.

The United States Patent Office (USPTO) holds the original patent.

Note: The attached image only shows an aircraft of the type not the actual NOTAR equipped aircraft.

Source: Helicopter Flies without Tail Rotor, Flight International, 16 January 1982

 

Aircraft related to this milestone
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse

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