Johnny Miller (aviator)
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John MacDonald Miller was a barnstorming pilot, the first person to make a US transcontinental flight in a rotorcraft, the first to land a rotorcraft on the roof of a building, and the first to fly a
Johnny Miller in 1939
A New Standard D-25 with four passengers in the front cockpit
A Pitcairn PCA-2, 'Miss Champion', NC11609, at the EAA Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Miller (center) with Missing Link, 1931
Rotorcraft
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A rotary-wing aircraft, rotorwing aircraft or rotorcraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft with rotary wings that spin around a vertical mast to generate lift. The assembly of several rotor blades mounte
Johnny Miller (aviator)
…John MacDonald Miller (15 December 1905 − 23 June 2008) was a barnstorming pilot, the first person to make a US transcontinental flight in a rotorcraft, the first to land a rotorcraft on the roof of a building, and the first to fly a scheduled US mail rotorcraft service. He was also a test pilot and…
A Bell 47 helicopter, an early example of a powered rotorcraft
A Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter
A Magni M-16 Tandem Trainer autogyro
A Fairey Rotodyne prototype gyrodyne