First flight of the Platt-LePage XR-1A

Wednesday, October 27, 1943 - Location unknown, N/A

 

Description

The aircraft had been extensively modified from the XR-1 in an attempt to resolve the early problems in that aircraft. The flight was conducted by Jim Ray with George "Buck" Miller as co-pilot.

Source: “Dr. W. Laurence LePage, From XR-1 to Tilt-Rotor”, Jay Brian Hendrickson, Paper presented at the American Helicopter Society 61st Annual Forum, Grapevine, TX, June 1-3, 2005

 

Aircraft related to this milestone
Platt-LePage XR-1A

Attribution

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Haviland Platt
W. Laurence LePage