The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) is a single-seat intermeshing rotor helicopter, or synchropter, produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. According...
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The Flettner Fl 265 was an experimental helicopter designed by Anton Flettner. This helicopter, developed in 1938 with the support of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine...
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monuments in Germany. Flettner Fl 184 Flettner Fl 185 Flettner Fl 265 Flettner Fl 282 Flettner Fl 285 Flettner Fl 339 Autogyros Flettner ship, a schooner that...
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The Flettner 184 was a German night reconnaissance and anti-submarine autogyro developed during the 1930s. The Fl 184 was a two-seat autogyro with an...
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by Anton Flettner for a small anti-submarine warfare helicopter, the Flettner Fl 265 as the pioneering example, and later the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri....
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prototype Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) - Reconnaissance helicopter Flettner Fl 339 - Reconnaissance helicopter, project Flettner Gigant - Experimental...
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The Flettner Fl 185 was an experimental German gyrodyne developed by Anton Flettner, a machine which could fly both as a helicopter and as a gyroplane...
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experimental helicopter, the world's earliest known airworthy synchropter. Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri" (Hummingbird) – a reconnaissance "synchropter" helicopter...
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survived the attack on Norway. After returning to Germany, Köln operated Flettner Fl 282 helicopters as an experiment. She provided gunfire support to German...
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class to survive the operation. In 1942, she was modified to carry a Flettner Fl 282 helicopter experimentally. Later in 1942, she returned to Norway, but...
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instrumental in the development of the Fl 282 Kolibri. There were plans for BMW to mass-produce 1,000 Flettner Fl 282 helicopters but they were disrupted...
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branches of the Wehrmacht. The German Army initially ordered 1,000 Flettner Fl 282 reconnaissance helicopters, however the production plant was destroyed...
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Flettner Fl 282 Platt-LePage XR-1 Notes "Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly". National Museum of...
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Kolibri, a German three-seated utility helicopter built by Borgward Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri, a German single seat helicopter from World War II KolibriOS...
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prototype reconnaissance helicopter Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird), reconnaissance helicopter Flettner Fl 339 prototype reconnaissance helicopter...
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Kaman HH-43 Huskie Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Flettner Fl 282 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kaman K-225. "Hall of Fame/Inventor...
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helicopter, prototype Flettner Fl 265 reconnaissance helicopter, prototype Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri ('Hummingbird'), reconnaissance helicopter Fiat CR.42 Falco...
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256 transport prototype 6–9 1941 184 Flettner Fl 184 reconnaissance prototype 1 1936 helicopter 282 Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri reconnaissance production 24...
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bratukhin Omega Flettner Fl 282 Platt-LePage XR-1 Sikorsky R-4 Related lists List of rotorcraft used...
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World War, with the introduction of the Focke Achgelis Fa 223, the Flettner Fl 282 synchropter in 1941 in Germany and the Sikorsky R-4 in 1942 in the...
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behind submarines for use as an observation platform. In 1942 the Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) observation platform became the first true helicopter...
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bomber (Arado 234), the world's first operational military helicopters (Flettner Fl 282), the world's first rocket-powered fighter (Messerschmitt 163) Missiles:...
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intersect each other's path without colliding. Invented by Anton Flettner and used in Flettner Fl 282, Kaman HH-43 Huskie, and Kaman K-MAX. Tip jet. Another way...
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medical evacuation. The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri synchropter—using the same basic configuration as Anton Flettner's own pioneering Fl 265—was used in the Baltic...
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during the Second World War: the Flettner Fl 265 which pioneered the synchropter layout, and the slightly later Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri ("Hummingbird"), intended...
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1939 with Anton Flettner's successful Flettner Fl 265 design, and later placed in limited production as the successful Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri, used by...
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Cierva C.30 United Kingdom autogyro 1934 148 Belgium, France, Germany Flettner Fl 282 Germany helicopter 1942 24 Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Germany autogyro kite...
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Fa 223 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Flettner Fl 265 Flettner Fl 282 Gyroplane Laboratoire Sikorsky R-4 Goebel, Greg. "European...
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kg/kW) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Flettner Fl 265 Flettner Fl 282 Sikorsky R-4 Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 Kaman HH-43 Huskie (This...
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during the Second World War: the Flettner Fl 265 which pioneered the synchropter layout, and the slightly later Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri ("Hummingbird"), intended...
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