![Image of : Powers (W. C.) Helicopter (1862), Drawing; Wars and Conflicts, American Civil War (1861-1865). [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NAM-A-34449.jpg "Powers (W. C.) Helicopter (1862), Drawing; Wars and Conflicts, American Civil War (1861-1865). [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
Powers Helicopter Bomber, Confederate, Civil War, 1862. Drawing showing proposed gearing of steam engine for driving vertical rotor shafts.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics
- United States--History
- Helicopters
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
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photographer
W. C. Powers
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Date
- Circa 1862
- Civil War, 1861-1865
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-7A37481
