experimental aircraft. exotic aeromachines. oddities. sleek silver cigars. pedal-o-trons. soviet hive-mind bombers. aerial joy. the olden days. action shots. propaganda posters. etc [xplanes] [at] [hotmail] [dot] [co] [dot] [uk] about Tumblr (3.0; @xplanes)http://xplanes.tumblr.com/<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksncx8e76P1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Rotodyne">Fairey Rotodyne</a> prototype, circa 1959</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234303935http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234303935Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000britishvtol1950s<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksncq4B17q1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fairey Jet Gyrodyne, circa 1957</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234243386http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234243386Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:34:00 +0000britishhelicopter1950s<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnac5EAsV1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Landgraf H-2, circa 1944</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234197148http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234197148Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:35:00 +0000helicopter1940s<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksn8lasIZc1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“The Filper Beta 200 used the ‘Gyroflex Rotor’ system, in which weights fitted to the roots of the rotor blades provided the balance. Developed under the guidance of William Orr, the helicopter was first flown on May 26, 1966. It was powered by a 210 hp Continental IO-360E engine.”</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234145663http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234145663Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:22:00 +0000helicopter1960s<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksn8ht58Zu1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“President of United Helicopters Stanley Hiller Jr. leading a <a href="http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/hiller_commuter.php">helicopter</a> with a scarf in a demonstration for the company’s stockholders. San Francisco, March 1947”</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234092243http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/234092243Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +0000helicopter1940s<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksn6zi8GVr1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Hiller XH-44 - working independently on the problem of helicopter flight since 1939 in California, <a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3iADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90&dq=HILLER+HELICOPTER&as_brr=3&ei=Ce7ySp7aDo2yMKfFteEC#v=onepage&q=HILLER%20HELICOPTER&f=false">Stanley Hiller</a>, Jr., designed and built America’s first successful coaxial helicopter, which he flew in a Berkeley stadium in 1943”</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233977676http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233977676Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:28:30 +0000helicopterpioneer1940s<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksl7h3BeQE1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Lynn Biddison, Helijumper, 1953”</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233338020http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233338020Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:12:00 +0000helicopteraircrew1950s<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksl7c6mxHq1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Fire fighter jumps from helicopter to fight fire in Tucson, May 1961. Photographer: George Silk”</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233297977http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233297977Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:27:00 +0000helicopter1960s<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskzxnxZIS1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“A <a href="http://www.bell47.net/Family/_Bell47Family.htm">Bell Helicopter</a> lands on a Vermont Transit Flxible Clipper on the campus of the University of Vermont in the early 40s”</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233145809http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233145809Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:13:57 +0000helicopter1940s<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskzp7eqJO1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cessna CH-1 testbed, 1952</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233090319http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/233090319Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:56:24 +0000helicopter1950s<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskxryaYyo1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>another shot of the Cessna CH-1, of Seattle Helicopter Airways, at the Space Needle during the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair (photo by Jim Larsen)</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/232932231http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/232932231Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:14:29 +0000helicopter1960s<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/KlOc7V2DGq9r3470QWxqsuxBo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>reblog: <a href="http://melisaki.tumblr.com/">melisaki</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.collectair.com/cessna.html">Cessna CH-1</a></p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/232150647http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/232150647Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:55:57 +0000helicopter1950s<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kshvycbF671qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“to the drachenfels”, from Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiesavecchia/">chiesavecchia collection</a></p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/231107513http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/231107513Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:21:00 +0000vintagehelicopter<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/NAJN8JTZ6p3j96ueYIwEZNVpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sikorsky R-5 Dragonfly, 1946</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230985824http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230985824Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:36:54 +0000helicopterretro<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqszgbhVv11qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/tagged/fantasy">sunday fantasy</a> #170: Leading Light Studios</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230222175http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230222175Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:23:00 +0000artfantasyhelicopter<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr5xjaiZiu1qz4hjyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>reblog: <a href="http://artsandcrafts.tumblr.com/post/206966720/via">artsandcrafts</a></p> <p><a href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/tagged/fantasy">sunday fantasy</a> #169: <a href="http://hazel.animeblogger.net/?p=93">Tsutomu Nihei</a></p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230157929http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230157929Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:12:00 +0000helicopterartfantasy<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksaoqdJ57g1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/tagged/fantasy">sunday fantasy</a> #168: more <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/">Avatar</a>, from the new trailer</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230066961http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/230066961Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:21:00 +0000cgifantasyfilm<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqw73wOn3o1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/tagged/fantasy">sunday fantasy</a> #167: Hisashi Tenmyouya</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/229992254http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/229992254Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:49:00 +0000artfantasyjapan<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks49j6kR0J1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/tagged/fantasy">sunday fantasy</a> #166: “Space Ship B-17” by Cliff Vestergaard</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/229857382http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/229857382Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:58:18 +0000artfantasy<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kscke8HoHj1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from the Erwin R. Steele Collection</p>http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/228413319http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/228413319Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:02:00 +0000planeartww21940s