The Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC) is a manufacturer of aircraft, principally advanced rotorcraft. It was founded by American vertical flight pioneer...
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founder, Frank Piasecki, was ousted in 1956 and started a new company, Piasecki Aircraft. Piasecki Helicopter was renamed Vertol Corporation in early 1956...
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The Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep (company designation PA-59) was a prototype vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed by Piasecki Aircraft. The...
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of Piasecki Helicopter in 1955, and formed the Piasecki Aircraft Company. At Piasecki Aircraft, he participated in the development of the Piasecki 16H-1...
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overlapping tandem rotor utility helicopter developed by the Piasecki Helicopter Corporation of Morton, Pennsylvania. Designed to a United States Navy specification...
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The Piasecki PA-97 Helistat was an American experimental heavy-lift aircraft, built by Piasecki by fastening four H-34J helicopters to a framework beneath...
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built by Piasecki Helicopter. The prototypes were evaluated by the United States Air Force and Army, but the crash of the second test aircraft led to cancelling...
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Inquirer. Retrieved 16 February 2013. "Piasecki Aircraft Corporation >> About >> PiAC". Piasecki Aircraft Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 November...
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– Piasecki H-22 – Kaman H-23 Raven – Hiller H-24 – Seibel H-25 Army Mule – Piasecki H-26 Jet Jeep – American Helicopter H-27 Transporter – Piasecki (redesignated...
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Drago Jovanovich (section Piasecki and HERC)
Corporation (HERC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946. HERC was the predecessor of Jovair. Jovanovich and Kozloski previously worked for Piasecki Helicopter...
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Piaggio-Douglas, see PIAGGIO and DOUGLAS – Italy/United States Piasecki, Piasecki Helicopter Corporation – United States Piel, Avions Claude Piel – France Piel...
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Piasecki PA-39 Piasecki PA-59 Piasecki PA-97 Helistat Piasecki PD-22 Piasecki PV-1 Piasecki PV-2 Piasecki PV-3 Piasecki PV-14 Piasecki PV-15 Piasecki...
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her four Harmon Trophies for the flight. Frank N. Piasecki forms the Piasecki Aircraft Corporation. June 1 – Lufthansa begins service between West Germany...
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Berlin Airlift. Shortly after his ouster, Piasecki formed his own company, the Piasecki Aircraft Corporation. Johnson, Wayne G. and Don R. Berlin. "Don...
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Mr. W. Wallace Kellett of Kellett Autogiro, Arthur M. Young and Frank Piasecki, and today it continues to record the new and ever expanding role of the...
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Jovanovich while working at Piasecki's. On 26 September 1944 he married Bertha S. Anisko and later worked for Kellett Autogiro Corporation in Philadelphia until...
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Future Vertical Lift (category Military aircraft procurement programs of the United States)
its proposal for FVL when the Army creates specific requirements. Piasecki Aircraft was bidding its PA61-4 Advanced Winged Compound (AWC). The full-compound...
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Airways, chairman of the Nuclear Corporation of America and the National Can Company, and was a director of Piasecki Aircraft, Pabst Brewing Company, the New...
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List of rotorcraft (category Lists of aircraft by design configuration)
Phoenix Skyblazer Piasecki 59 Airgeep Piasecki H-16 Pathfinder Piasecki H-21 Piasecki HRP-1 Piasecki HUP Piasecki PA-97 Piasecki PV-2 Piasecki X-49 Pitcairn...
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighter The NASA Pathfinder, an early solar powered aircraft A Piasecki PV-2 helicopter A French Caudron G.4 bomber A German Focke-Wulf Fw...
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List of United States military helicopters (category Lists of military aircraft)
military equipment named for Native Americana U.S. DoD aircraft designations table List of military aircraft of the United States The U.S. Air Force (USAF) did...
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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight (category 1950s United States military transport aircraft)
utility and transport helicopter. During 1955, Piasecki was officially renamed as Vertol Corporation (standing for vertical take-off and landing); it...
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was sold to Frank Piasecki, who had been an engineer with Platt-LePage during its development and had started his own company, Piasecki Helicopter. Leavitt...
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Flying car (redirect from Roadable aircraft)
A flying car or roadable aircraft is a type of vehicle which can function both as a road vehicle and as an aircraft. As used here, this includes vehicles...
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Naval Air Station Grosse Ile (section Aircraft)
received a small number of helicopters in the late 1950s, beginning with the Piasecki H-25, also known as the HUP-1. Later the crews converted to the larger...
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BAE Systems (category Aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
manufacturer of the Harrier, the world's first VTOL attack aircraft; British Aircraft Corporation, co-manufacturer of the Concorde supersonic transport; Supermarine...
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Air Zoo (section Aircraft on display)
SNJ-5 North American T-28 Trojan Osprey X-28A Sea Skimmer[citation needed] Piasecki HUP-3 Retriever Pietenpol Air Camper Piper L-4H Grasshopper[failed verification]...
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Wright R-1820 Cyclone (category Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines)
the early versions of the Polikarpov I-16 fighter (as the M-25), and the Piasecki H-21 helicopter. The R-1820 also found limited use in armoured vehicles...
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Retrieved 9 July 2015. Piasecki Helicopter Corporation newsletter, January 1956 Hariding, Stephen (1997). U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947. Atglen, PA,...
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Military Aircraft. Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces. Serials and Photographs 1968–1998 Queen's Printer, 1969, page 213 "PIASECKI HUP-3". Canada Aviation...
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