Flettner Fl 282
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The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri is a single-seat intermeshing rotor helicopter, or synchropter, produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. According to Yves Le Bec, the Flettner Fl 282 was the world's first s
Flettner Fl 282 on approach
The cockpit of the surviving example at the Midland Air Museum
Flettner Fl 282 during flight trials after World War II, with US markings
Helicopter
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A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, ba
Flettner Fl 282
…The Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri (Hummingbird) is a single-seat intermeshing rotor helicopter, or synchropter, produced by Anton Flettner of Germany. According to Yves Le Bec, the Flettner Fl 282 was the world's first series production helicopter…
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