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Interesting Helicopter and Fixed-wing Facts for Palmdale, CA

One of the first surviving sketches of a helicopter besides those of Divinci dates from the early nineteenth century when British scientist Sir George Cayley drew a twin-rotor aircraft in his notebook. During the early twentieth century Frenchman Paul Cornu managed to lift himself off the ground for a few seconds in an early helicopter.

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Tethered to the ground with long ropes, his craft flew no higher than 50 feet off the ground on its first several flights. Even then, there were problems: the craft flew up, down, and sideways, but not forward. However, helicopter technology developed so rapidly that some were actually put into use by U.S. troops during World War II.

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