Helicopter Collection

Search And Destroy
The second wave of combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division fly over an RTO and his commander on an isolated landing zone during Operation Pershing

Front Line Copter
5th January 1969: A soldier in the U.S

Recovery of Apollo 9
(Original Caption) In the Atlantic. Recovery helicopters hovers above Apollo 9 Spacecraft after splashdown, 3/13, following successful orbital flight

Drawing of Flying Machines by Leonardo da Vinci
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Drawing of flying vehicles by Leonardo Da Vinci. Undated

Drawing of a Manually Driven Flying Machine by Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci sketch for a helicopter. Man in center powers rotating wings. BPA#2 2846

Rotary-Propellor Plane/First Helicopter
(Original Caption) 7/18/1927-Berlin, Germany- Photo shows the successfully-tested rotary plane invented by engineer Saschka of this city

Louis Breguet and Dorand
(Original Caption) 12/31/1935-- Aviation inventors Louis Breguet(center) and Dorand (left) stand in airfield looking at a revolution in aviation, the Gyroplane Breguet-Dorand

Igor Sikorsky Tests Early Helicopter
The VS-300, created by Igor Sikorsky, became the first successful helicopter after its historic tethered flight on September 14, 1939

Igor Sikorsky Tests Early Helicopter
The VS-300, created by Igor Sikorsky, became the first successful helicopter after its historic tethered flight on September 14, 1939

Pilot Flying Primitive Helicopter
Ivor Sikorsky flies his helicopter, the first to make a successful vertical flight, over Bridgeport, Connecticut

Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 Helicopter in Flight
(Original Caption) Igor Sikorsky's helicopter model VS-300, equipped with pontoons. Photo shows helicopter in action, flying over water

Lucille Ball is Miss Helicopter
Screen actress Lucille ball, who has just been selected The Helicopter Girl of 1946 by the Helicopter Society of America

Helicopter Joins Search for Missing Girl
As students of Bennington college watch, a helicopter, flown from Buffalo to Bennington flies over the Bennington Commons to check territory of Long Trail for Paula Weldon

Helicopter Spraying Food Crops
(Original Caption) Buffalo, New York: Helicopter "Flying Windmill" Used To Dust Crops. Crop pests will fight a losing battle against this new Bell Aircraft agricultural helicopter

Row of Ready Military Helicopters
(Original Caption) 10/1983-Grenada: A row of United States military transport helicopters stand at ready during the United States invasion of the island of Grenada

Marines Make Their Way Across Field
(Original Caption) 10/1983-Grenada: A troop of combat-ready United States Marines make their way across a sports field during the United States invasion of the island of Grenada

Soldiers Running Across Soccer Field
(Original Caption) 10/1983- Grenada: United States combat soldiers run across a soccer field from where their helicopter set them down during the United States invasion of the island of Grenada

US Soldiers Guarding Prisoner
US Airborne troops guard a bound and blindfolded prisoner about to be transported by helicopter at Pearls Airport during the Grenada Invasion. | Location: Pearls Airport, Grenada

Helecopter Over House
(Original Caption) 5/13/1985-Philadelphia, PA- A state police helicopter flies over the MOVE house in Philadelphia, preparing to drop a percussion bomb on the roof

Caspar Weinberger Fires a Howitzer
(Original Caption) 11/8/1985- Fort Ord, CA- Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger winces and covers an ear while firing a 105-Howitzer at Ft. Ord 11/8

Frenchman Windsurfing Across Atlantic
French windsurfers Stephane Peyron (left) and Alain Pichavant ride the wind into Miami Beach, landing on American soil for the first time

President Reagan Greeting Thatcher
American President Ronald Reagan greets British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she arrives by helicopter at Camp David

Helicopter Above Offshore Drilling Rig
(Original Caption) View of a helicopter flying above an offshore drilling operation. Undated photograph

Air View Of Sikorsky Mh-53E Helicopter
(Original Caption) Aerial view of the Navy's Sikorsky MH-53E Helicopter in flight. Undated photograph

Illustration of Futuristic Gas Station
(Original Caption) 2/20/1944- New York, NY- : This, take it from Martial and Scull, is the ideal gas service station of the future

Helicopter Drawing By Leonardo Da Vinci
(Original Caption) Drawing showing principle of helicopter with two revolving propellers by Leonardo da Vinci. From Codex Atlanticus. Illustration. Undated

Airplane Designer Igor Sikorsky
(Original Caption) Picture shows famed airplane designer, Igor Sikorsky, standing in front of a helicopter. Undated photo circa 1950s

Marilyn Monroe with Airmen
Marilyn Monroe stands with several Army Airmen and a helicopter, while entertaining the troops in Korea

Stretcher Being Carried To Helicopter
(Original Caption) 8/1950-Korea: A wounded marine being loaded into a helicopter for evacuation to rear

Loading Wounded Soldier Into Helicopter
(Original Caption) 11/8/1950-Korea: Wounded man being readied for loading on helicopter for evacuation to the rear

Marines Climbing Out Of Helicopter
(Original Caption) 9/26/1951-Korea: U.S

GI, Face Seared, Stumbles Toward Helicopter
(Original Caption) 11/2/1951-Panmunjom, Korea: A GI, whose face and hands have been seared by the explosion of a hydrogen-filled balloon, stumbles toward a helicopter for evacuation from Panmunjom

Cargo Plane Opens To Reveal Helecopter
(Original Caption) 3/3/1952-Tokyo, Japan: At Johnson Air Field in Tokyo

Marilyn Monroe in Helicopter
Marilyn Monroe sits in the cockpit of a helicopter at the Seoul City Airport during her visit to American armed forces in Korea

Marilyn Monroe Waves to GI's from Copter
Pretty Marilyn Monroe waves from helicopter while dangling a daintily-bootedankee out window

Inventor Demonstrating Strap-On Helicopter
(Original Caption) French inventor George Sablier demonstrates his one man helicopter at the International Meeting of Individual Helicopters in St. Etienne

Helicopters Taking Off From The Pentagon
(Original Caption) One of the helicopters which took members of the National Security Council to Camp David, Md

Child Playing With Flying Helicopter
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Seven year old Gerard McGovern is wide eyed with delight as he operates the amazing "Test Pilot" remote control plane

Igor Benson Flying a Helicopter
(Original Caption) A tiny helicopter which almost anyone can build from a do-it-yourself kit is demonstrated at Raleigh, N.C. by its maker, Igor Benson

Combination Helicopter and Plane
(Original Caption) 5/27/1959-Burbank, CA- Quick trips within the city or to the suburbs may be made in helicopter limousines like this in the 1960's

Helicopter Lifting Freedom 7 from Ocean
A Sikorsky HRS-1 U.S. Marine helicopter plucks the Mercury space capsule Freedom 7 from the Atlantic Ocean

Helicopter Lowers Space Capsule to Ship
(Original Caption) 5/5/1961-Aboard the USS Lake Champlain- A helicopter gently lowers a Mercury space capsule to the padded area on the deck of the USS Lake Champlain, after retrieving it at sea

Virgil Grissom Walks From Helicopter
Astronaut Virgil Grissom [3rd left] walks away from the helicopter which retieved him from the space capsule Liberty Bell 7 after it touched down in the Atlantic Ocean

Helicopter Lifting Astronaut From Atlantic
A United States Marine helicopter lifts astronaut Virgil Grissom from the Atlantic Ocean after his Liberty Bell 7 capsule lands after a suborbital flight

Helicopter Hovers Above Liberty Bell 7
A helicopter attempts to lift the Liberty Bell 7 space capsule out of the Atlantic Ocean after Virgil Grissom's flight

John Kennedy Arriving with Daughter
(Original Caption) Enroute to Hyannis Port. Andrews Air Force Base, MD.: President Kennedy arrives here today by helicopter from the White House to board a plane for Hyannis Port, Mass

Jawaharlal Nehru With Jackie Kennedy
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru walks with First Lady Jackie Kennedy towards the White House on November 6, 1961. Nehru is Washington, D.C. to meet with President Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy Boarding Helicopter
Off for Atlantic City in his new helicopter. President John F. Kennedy boards his new, jet-powered helicopter on the White House lawn here today for a trip to Atlantic City, N.J

Scott Carpenter Hoisted into Helicopter
(Original Caption

Kennedy Family at Air Station, Rhode Island
President Kennedy walk with his wife, Jackie, and daughter, Caroline, towards a helicopter at Quonset Naval Air Station. The First Family will spend the Labor Holiday, 1962, in Rhode Island

Helicopter & Boat Approach Sigma Craft
(Original Caption) 10/3/1962-In the Pacific- A helicopter and a motor whaleboat from the aircraft carrier Kearsarge approach the spacecraft Sigma 7

President John F. Kennedy Boarding Plane
In addition to all other roles that make up the Presidency, President John F. Kennedy plays the part of the nation's most important commuter

Presidential Helicopter Departing For Virginia
Indicating some easing in tension, President John F. Kennedy went to Glen Ora, his rented country estate near Middleburg, Va. for lunch with his wife and children, who are there for the weekend

Aerial View of Washington, D.C
(Original Caption) 10/5/1963- Washington, DC: This Helicopter view of Washington, DC, looking northwest, reveals the heart of the nation's capital

American Helicopter Gunner
(Original Caption) 10/9/1963-Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam: An American soldier keeps watch from airborne helicopter carrying Vietnamese troops over marshlands south of Saigon October 5th

Nelson Rockefeller and Men Disembarking Helicopter
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller (L) and three men disembark from a helicopter following its inaugural fight arrival at the New York Port Authority's heliport in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Machine Gunner in Helicopter Over Vietnam
A gunner in a helicopter monitors the terrain below as Republic of South Vietnam troops are transported over the Quang Ngai Province of Vietnam

Helicopter And Tower Multiplied By Lens
(Original Caption) 10/10/1964- The orange-topped Florida Citrus Tower and a passing helicopter are captured by Weegee's magical camera

Civil Rights Demonstrators Marching
(Original Caption) Selma, Ala.: Long line of puddling civil rights marchers is watched over by National Guard helicopter which kept the column under continual surveillance

American Paratroopers in field Below Helicopters in South Vietnam
(Original Caption) 5/31/1965-Bien Hoa, South Vietnam: United States paratroopers spread out after disembarking from helicopters during a co-ordinated exercise

Soldiers Climbing Out Of Helicopter
(Original Caption) 7/6/1965-War Zone D

Vietnamese Boy Comforting Wounded Mother
(Original Caption) 8/20/1965-Chu Lai, South Vietnam: A Vietnamese boy comforts his wounded mother as they are flown by helicopter from their village south of Chu Lai

Helicopter With Men Climbing Down Ladder
(Original Caption) 1/20/1966-Near Pleiku, Vietnam: 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), CM-47A "Chinock" helicopter during repelling operation near Pleiku, Vietnam. Photograph

Soldiers Climbing Rope To Helicopter
(Original Caption) 1/22/1966-Pleiku, South Vietnam: Troops of the U.S

Vietnamese Rangers Loading Helicopters
Helicopters land at Saigon, South Vietnam on February 2, 1966 to pick up Vietnamese rangers at the start of an operation to airlift them into a Vietcong stronghold

American Troopers Dropped from Helicopter During Vietnam War
(Original Caption) Thu Xuan, South Vietnam:Troopers with the US get down low after being dropped by helicopter into landing under enemy fire Feb. 11th during Operation Eagle's Claw

Helicopters Landing in Vietnam
US helicopters land under heavy sniper fire near Bong Son in South Vietnam during Operation Eagle's Claw

South Vietnamese and US Troops on Raid
A helicopters delivers South Vietnamese troops and United States Special Forces troops to an area near a Vietcong village near the Cambodian border for a commando raid on April 15, 1966

Wounded Marine in Vietnam
A marine is evacuated by helicopter after being wounded during fighting in Gia Binh, Vietnam. | Location: Gia Binh, South Vietnam

Soldier with Radio near Downed Helicopter
A soldier near helicopter downed by enemy fire in Dong Ha, Vietnam tries to reestablish communication by radio during a Vietcong siege near the demilitarized zone

Soldiers Jump from Helicopters
Soldiers from the First Cavalry Division leap from helicopter during "Operation Irving", a coastal sweep of Vietnam covering 290 miles northwest of Saigon

Chinook Helicopter Lifts Ammunition
(Original Caption) 11/3/1966-An Khe, South Vietnam: A CH-47A Chinook helicopter from the Army's 228 Aviation Battalion lifts a load of ammunition for 1st Cavalry Division airmobile troops

Wounded US Marines Evacuating Battle
(Original Caption) 1/30/1967-Vietnam- Wounded US Marines are shown heading for a helicopter after an 11-day battle. They are preparing to evacuate the area

Salvage Crews Attempting to Refloat Tanker
A chartered helicopter hovers over the grounded oil tanker, Torrey Canyon

Helicopter Delivering Barrel/Detergent
(Original Caption) 3/31/1967-Cudden Point

US Marines After Eleven Day Battle
(Original Caption) 4/30/1967-Vietnam- A long line of US Marines heads for a helicopter standing by to evacuate them after an 11-day battle with the Viet Cong

US Marines Preparing to Evacuate
(Original Caption) 4/30/1967-Vietnam- US Marines are shown protecting a helicopter that is evacuating them from the area. They are allowing the wounded soldiers to get through first

Soldiers Carrying Wounded To Helicopter
(Original Caption) 5/1967- Khe Sanh, South Vietnam- A wounded Marine is carried by his comrades toward a hovering helicopter April 3rd as casualties are evacuated from Hill 881

Marines Rushing Wounded to Helicopter
(Original Caption) 5/16/1967-Con Thien, South Vietnam- Picture shows US Marines Rushing wounded soldiers into a helicopter after the Leathernecks swept through Con Thien

Helicopter Landing
(Original Caption) 5/20/1967-Near Gio Linh, South Vietnam- Photo shows a helicopter that is landing to drop US Marines in the DMZ during Operation Hickory

Survivor of Mistaken Bombing of a U.S. Ship
A victim of the mistaken bombing, June 8th

Robert McNamara Seated in Helicopter
(Original Caption) 7/9/1967-Saigon, South Vietnam- wearing ear covers to shut out the prop noise, U.S

Marines Rushing Wounded to Helicopter
(Original Caption) 9/25/1967- Con Thien, So. Vietnam- Marines rush wounded to helicopter for evacuation. UPI color slide

American Soldiers Jumping from Helicopter in South Vietnam
(Original Caption) Ready for Action. Dak To, South Vietnam: Members of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry waste no time in leaving their helicopters on an assault operation 15 miles north of Dak To

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