First flight of the Von Baumhauer Helicopter

Description

Note: The date has been set conservatively as the last day in September as the actual day is unknown

The pilot was Lt. F.H. van Heyst . The aircraft only managed a few semi-controlled hops but included some novel features,

• The use a single main rotor
• One of the first uses of a tail rotor
• The use of collective and cyclic pitch control via the use of the swashplate principle

For more details see,

Source: "Von Baumhauer Helicopter", Peter Noell, VFS 2019 VTOL History Calendar web page, Last accessed Feb 26, 2019