Home›Lighter-Than-Air Craft and Rotorcraft›MakeBrowse ByMakeFactsMakeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1852 1Era of EmergenceWell-attested1936 2MakeFilter Results23 entriesVehicle TypeAllAttack Helicopters (7)Early Helicopters (5)Light and Commercial Helicopters (15)Lighter-Than-Air Craft (2)Military Transport and Utility Helicopters (12)Modern Commercial Airships (2)Naval Helicopters (4)Rigid Airships (2)Rotary-Wing and Lift (2)ManufacturerAllAgustaWestland (1)Airbus (2)Avro (1)Aérospatiale (3)Bell Aircraft Corporation (1)Bell Textron (1)Cessna (1)Dornier Flugzeugwerke (1)Fairey Aviation Company (1)Focke-Wulf (1)Goodyear Aerospace (1)Hughes Helicopters (2)Kaman Corporation (1)Kamov (1)Kazan Helicopters (1)Lockheed Corporation (1)Lockheed Martin Corporation (1)Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (1)McDonnell Douglas (1)Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (1)Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (1)Robinson Helicopter Company (1)Sikorsky Aircraft (1)Tashkent Mechanical Plant (1)The Boeing Company (2)The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (1)Westland Helicopters (1)YearAll1900 (1)1906 (1)1908 (1)1911 (1)1912 (1)1915 (1)1919 (1)1924 (1)1925 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1928 (2)1929 (1)1931 (1)1933 (1)1934 (2)1936 (2)1938 (1)1939 (1)1942 (2)1943 (1)1946 (1)1947 (3)1949 (2)1952 (2)1953 (3)1954 (3)1955 (4)1956 (1)1957 (1)1958 (2)1959 (6)1961 (3)1962 (5)1963 (3)1965 (2)1966 (3)1967 (3)1968 (3)1969 (5)1970 (2)1971 (3)1972 (2)1973 (2)1974 (2)1975 (3)1976 (2)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (3)1981 (1)1984 (2)1985 (2)1986 (1)1988 (3)1989 (2)1990 (1)1991 (3)1992 (1)1994 (4)1995 (3)1996 (2)1997 (4)1998 (3)1999 (2)2000 (2)2002 (2)2003 (1)2005 (1)2006 (2)2007 (1)2008 (2)2009 (1)2010 (1)2014 (1)2015 (3)2017 (2)2018 (1)2019 (4)2024 (1)Country of OriginAllCanada (2)France (4)Germany (3)Japan (1)Russia (1)Soviet Union (1)United Kingdom (3)United States (7)Body StyleAllAircraft (no road body style) (15)PropulsionAllDiesel (1)Electric (3)Piston engine (1)Turboshaft (5)Engine ClassAllElectric motor (1)Gas turbine (1)Jet (3)Piston (10)Rotary (1)Turboprop (1)Turboshaft (14)StatusAllAbandoned (2)Cancelled (6)Design only (never built) (4)Destroyed (2)In Production (5)In service (8)One-off concept (5)Out of production (7)Retired from service (1)Scrapped (2)Surviving (6)Upcoming (1)Founded YearAll1908 (1)1910 (1)1914 (1)1915 (2)1916 (1)1917 (1)1923 (2)1924 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1935 (1)1945 (1)1947 (2)1948 (1)1957 (1)1967 (1)1970 (2)1973 (1)1992 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAérospatialeMake6 entriesAirbusMake3 entriesAirbus HelicoptersMake17 entriesAvroMake6 entriesBell HelicopterMake36 entriesBoeingMake13 entriesCessna Aircraft CompanyMake1 entryDornierMake8 entriesFaireyMake4 entriesFocke-WulfMake1 entryGoodyear AerospaceMake3 entriesHughes HelicoptersMake3 entriesKaman CorporationMake2 entriesKamovMake25 entriesLockheed CorporationMake4 entriesLuftschiffbau ZeppelinMake14 entriesMcDonnell DouglasMake2 entriesMilMake2 entriesMitsubishiMake3 entriesRobinson Helicopter CompanyMake2 entriesSikorsky AircraftMake40 entriesSud AviationMake5 entriesWestlandMake2 entriesSources1. 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.