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P-V Engineering Forum tether test of early single-place prototype P-V2 helicopter
An early helicopter being tested at facility of the P-V Engineering Forum (later the Piasecki Co.) in Roxborough, Pennsylvania. Pilot attempting tethered flight in a one-place stripped prototype of the P-V2 helicopter Men stand by side of the helicopter as the pilot sits in the framework cockpit. They maintain hold on the landing gear of the helicopter as the pilot experiments with the controls and familiarizes himself with the helicopter's response. A long tethering rope snakes out along the ground near the helicopter. The pilot succeeds in hovering the craft a foot or two above the ground.
Successful test flight of PV-2 helicopter at factory of P-V Engineering Forum, Inc. in Pennsylvania
Successful test flight of the PV-2 helicopter at facility of P-V Engineering Forum Inc. (later the Piasecki Co.) in Roxborough, Pennsylvania. Pilot assisted by a mechanic enters the cockpit. Pilot starts the engine and P-V2 lifts off. Helicopter is seen maneuvering making 360 degrees turns and hovering, all under good control of the pilot at all times.
U.S. Air Corps XR-1 helicopter in preliminary testing at Eddystone, Pennsylvania
U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter undergoing preliminary tests in a field at the Platt-LePage Aircraft company's plant in Eddystone Pennsylvania, United States. The pilot uses power only sufficient to allow the helicopter to break ground by a foot or less. Company technicians manually move the XR-1 helicopter into a hangar following the tests.
U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter undergoes a tethered flight test in United States
Tethered tests of the U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter at the Platt-LePage company factory in Eddystone Pennsylvania. The helicopter parked in front of hangar. Pilot Lou Leavitt in the cockpit and starts the engine. Several men watch and take pictures of the action. A group of men including Platt,Leavitt ,Le Page and Grover Loening talk to each other. XR-1 hovers as cars and trucks remain parked in the background. Several scenes in which the the helicopter lightly touches down and then takes off again.
The XR-1 helicopter in flight tests at the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania.
United States Army Air Force (USAAF) XR-1 helicopter in flight tests at the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The helicopter hovers several feet above ground for a while and then goes through a series of touch downs and takeoffs, all confined to only several feet above ground.
U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter being tested at Platt-LePage Aircraft Company in Eddystone, Pennsylvania.
Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. A boy poses by a cockpit mockup of the XR-1 helicopter. Pilot Lou Leavitt sits in the mockup with his arm around the boy. The boy poses with four employees of the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company. Scene shifts to flight testing of the U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter, which moves about in a variety of maneuvers, demonstrating considerable stability and control, although confined to a relatively low altitude of approximately fifty feet.
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