“It’s a one-man machine. It’s like a
motorcycle for the sky.”
Source: Aaron Warkentin, Evergreen Air
Museum’s registrar, describing the Hiller Rotorcycle, a
Korean War-era helicopter that was designed by Stanley Hiller to
help downed pilots evade enemy capture. Small enough to fit into a
pod slung under an aircraft, the collapsible Rotorcycle could be
dropped by parachute and assembled in minutes with no special
tools. Pilots could conceivably strap themselves into the craft for
a quick and safe getaway.
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