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

Sunday March 15, 2026

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Planet Age

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

Mercury

356.67 years

Venus

139.63 years

Mars

45.67 years

Jupiter

7.24 years

Saturn

2.92 years

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Helicopter - Celebrations from his DOB

29 days from now, September 7, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 357^th Mercury age
36 days from now, September 14, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 86^th birthday
82 days from now, October 30, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 140^th Venus age
117 days from now, December 4, 2025, Helicopter celebrate 358^th Mercury age
124 days from now, December 11, 2025, Helicopter celebrate exactly 4,500 weeks
204 days from now, March 1, 2026, Helicopter celebrate 359^th Mercury age
219 days from now, March 15, 2026, Helicopter celebrate 87^th half birthday
224 days from now, March 21, 2026, Helicopter celebrate 46^th Mars age
278 days from now, May 14, 2026, Helicopter celebrate exactly 1040 months
290 days from now, May 26, 2026, Helicopter celebrate exactly 760,000 hours

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