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National Air and Space Museum Archives
de Bothezat Helicopter Album
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2002.0035
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.1 Cubic feet(1 flatbox)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This album contains eleven photographs of the de Bothezat Helicopter in flight, a photograph of Dr. George de Bothezat, an illustration of the de Bothezat Helicopter, and memorandum from the War Department Air Service Engineering Division from April 28, 1923 concerning the test flights of this helicopter at McCook Field.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
During the early twenties many experimenters in aviation undertook the challenge of making a craft which would rise vertically and hover in the air. Realizing that such a machine would have military value for observation and fire-control, the war department of several nations encouraged such inventions. The de Bothezat Helicopter was developed by the U. S. Air Service, Engineering Division in 1921 with these ideas in mind. Dr. George de Bothezat, a noted Russian aeronautical engineer at the time, designed the helicopter. The de Bothezat was 65 feet long, 65 feet wide, and 10 feet high. It was powered with a 180 h.p. engine and weighed 3,600 lbs. The engine was located at the center above the four-wheeled chassis. Four triangular framework arms extended at right angles, and at their extremity each supported a six-bladed air screw, which is the chief feature of the de Bothezat. Many power tests were made at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. The test on December 18, 1922 was notable with a duration in the air of one minute 42 seconds which was attained at a maximum height of six feet.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Phillip Weiner, Gift, 2002
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
de Bothezat Helicopter Album, Accession 2002-0035, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Keywords
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Helicopters | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
de Bothezat Helicopter | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Helicopters -- Flight testing | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Aerospace engineering | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Illustrations | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Memoranda | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
De Bothezat, George, 1882-1940 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
McCook Field, Ohio | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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