Maitland B. Bleecker (b. 1903), inventor for Curtiss-Wright, developed the Curtiss-Bleecker Helicopter for which trials were held in 1930.
Identifier
NASM.1991.0029
Creator
Bleecker, Maitland B., 1903-
Date
1926-1937
Provenance
Maitland B. Bleecker, gift, 1991, 1991-0029
Extent
0.42 Linear feet
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the helicopter, before the trials; drawings of the helicopter; and prints of paintings of pioneering flights. It also includes reports written by Bleecker, "A Proposal for the Construction of an Experimental Helicopter" (1926); "A Study of Assisted Take-off" (1937); three mimeographed pamphlets detailing engine operations under the pseudonym "Si Klohn;" photographs of model helicopters used in wind tunnel tests; and 100 photographs of the Curtiss-Bleecker Helicopter.
Rights
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