Home›Lighter-Than-Air Craft and Rotorcraft›Country of Origin›United StatesBrowse ByUnited StatesFactsUnited StatesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1852 1Era of EmergenceWell-attested1936 2United StatesFilter Results81 entriesVehicle TypeAllAttack Helicopters (10)Early Helicopters (4)Light and Commercial Helicopters (14)Military Transport and Utility Helicopters (32)Naval Helicopters (4)ManufacturerAllBell Aircraft Corporation (5)Bell Textron (14)Hughes Helicopters (4)Kaman Corporation (2)Lockheed Corporation (3)Lockheed Martin Corporation (1)McDonnell Douglas (2)Sikorsky Aircraft (38)The Boeing Company (14)MakeAllBell Helicopter (19)Boeing (13)Hughes Helicopters (3)Kaman Corporation (1)Lockheed Corporation (4)McDonnell Douglas (2)Sikorsky Aircraft (38)YearAll1939 (1)1943 (1)1946 (1)1947 (1)1949 (1)1952 (1)1953 (2)1954 (3)1956 (1)1958 (2)1959 (4)1961 (1)1962 (3)1963 (2)1965 (1)1966 (1)1967 (1)1968 (1)1969 (2)1970 (2)1971 (1)1973 (1)1974 (2)1975 (1)1976 (2)1977 (1)1979 (2)1984 (1)1985 (1)1986 (1)1989 (2)1991 (1)1992 (1)1994 (2)1996 (1)1998 (2)2000 (1)2002 (1)2005 (1)2006 (2)2008 (3)2014 (1)2015 (3)2017 (2)2019 (2)Body StyleAllAircraft (no road body style) (34)PropulsionAllElectric (2)Piston engine (1)Turboshaft (2)Engine ClassAllElectric motor (2)Jet (2)Piston (12)Turboshaft (46)StatusAllAbandoned (1)Cancelled (6)Design only (never built) (3)Destroyed (1)In Production (3)In service (5)One-off concept (2)Out of production (7)Retired from service (1)Scrapped (1)Surviving (4)Upcoming (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Bell 201United StatesBell 222/230United StatesBell 430United StatesBell 47United StatesBell 47J RangerUnited StatesBell 505 Jet Ranger XUnited StatesBell 525 RelentlessUnited StatesBell AH-1 CobraUnited StatesBell AH-1Z ViperUnited StatesBell ARH-70 ArapahoUnited StatesBell Eagle EyeUnited StatesBell H-12United StatesBell HSLUnited StatesBell OH-58 KiowaUnited StatesBell UH-1 IroquoisUnited StatesBell UH-1N Twin HueyUnited StatesBell V-22 OspreyUnited StatesBell V-247 VigilantUnited StatesBell YAH-63United StatesBoeing A/MH-6X MELBUnited StatesBoeing A160 HummingbirdUnited StatesBoeing AH-64 ApacheUnited StatesBoeing Cargo Air VehicleUnited StatesBoeing CH-47 ChinookUnited StatesBoeing MH-139 Grey WolfUnited StatesBoeing Model 360United StatesBoeing Passenger Air VehicleUnited StatesBoeing Vertol BV-347United StatesBoeing Vertol CH-46 Sea KnightUnited StatesBoeing Vertol XCH-62United StatesBoeing Vertol YUH-61United StatesBoeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 ComancheUnited StatesHughes OH-6 CayuseUnited StatesHughes TH-55 OsageUnited StatesHughes XH-17United StatesKaman K-MAXUnited StatesKaman SH-2G Super SeaspriteUnited StatesLockheed AH-56 CheyenneUnited StatesLockheed CL-475United StatesLockheed Martin P-791United StatesLockheed XH-51United StatesMD Helicopters MD 600NUnited StatesMD Helicopters MD ExplorerUnited StatesSikorsky CH-148 CycloneUnited StatesSikorsky CH-37 MojaveUnited StatesSikorsky CH-53 Sea StallionUnited StatesSikorsky CH-53E Super StallionUnited StatesSikorsky CH-53K King StallionUnited StatesSikorsky CH-54 TarheUnited StatesSikorsky H-19 ChickasawUnited StatesShowing 1 to 50 of 81, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Henri Giffardtier 2WikipediaHenri Giffard, lead section, 1852 dirigible sentenceQuote, Henri Giffard, lead section, 1852 dirigible sentenceIn 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship.View the Source2. Wikipedia: Helicoptertier 2WikipediaHelicopter, lead section, Focke-Wulf Fw 61 sentenceQuote, Helicopter, lead section, Focke-Wulf Fw 61 sentenceThe Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter in 1936, while in 1942, the Sikorsky R-4 became the first helicopter to reach full-scale production.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.