Helicopter

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Thursday September 14, 1939

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Basic information

Category
inventions
Country
United States
Description
Type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. The helicopter can take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally.
The VS-300, the world’s first practical helicopter, took flight on September 14,1939
Developed from the VS-300, Sikorsky's R-4 was the first large-scale mass-produced helicopter (mass productions starts in 1942)
In U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard service, the helicopter was known as the Sikorsky HNS-1. In British service it was known as the Hoverfly.
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Half birthday

Next half birthday falls on

Saturday March 15, 2025

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Planet Age

How old Helicopter would be if it was invented on a different planet

Mercury

353.71 years

Venus

138.48 years

Mars

45.29 years

Jupiter

7.18 years

Saturn

2.89 years

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Helicopter - Celebrations from his DOB

25 days from now, December 17, 2024, Helicopter celebrate 354^th Mercury age
113 days from now, March 15, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 355^th Mercury age
114 days from now, March 15, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 86^th half birthday
117 days from now, March 19, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 139^th Venus age
133 days from now, April 5, 2025, Helicopter celebrate exactly 2,700,000,000 seconds
133 days from now, April 5, 2025, Helicopter celebrate exactly 45,000,000 minutes
133 days from now, April 5, 2025, Helicopter celebrate exactly 750,000 hours
201 days from now, June 11, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 356^th Mercury age
234 days from now, July 14, 2025, Helicopter celebrate exactly 1030 months
289 days from now, September 7, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 357^th Mercury age
296 days from now, September 14, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 86^th birthday
342 days from now, October 30, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 140^th Venus age

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