Today, tiltrotor and vertical/short takeoff and landing technology, or V/STOL, is no longer novel – even if it still falls short of commonplace. But 60 years ago, at the height of aerospace ...

Click to open image viewer. In the mid-1950s, Hiller constructed a series of innovative Flying Platforms for an Army-Navy program as a one-man flying vehicle that the pilot could control with minimal ...

The surest sign that Stanley Hiller Jr. was a kid when he designed the first helicopter to fly successfully in the western United States was the field on which he chose to test it in 1944 & the ...

The Hiller Hornet was a unique 1950s helicopter that utilized ramjet engines on its main rotor tips to eliminate torque, thereby removing the need for a traditional tail rotor. Despite its innovative ...

In the early 1940s, an attendant at a gas station off Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento was dutifully performing full service. In the middle of pumping gas, checking dipsticks and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Though unsuccessful, the X-18 was not in vain. The X-series of planes was a series of experimental research aircraft developed mostly by NASA and the U.S. Air Force to ...

Hiller (China) Aircraft Manufacturing Company has reached agreement with the Shanxi Xinhaisheng Trade Company for the sale of a 29.4 per cent shareholding in the light utility helicopter manufacturer.

The surest sign that Stanley Hiller Jr. was just a kid when he designed the first helicopter to fly successfully in the Western United States was the field on which he chose to test it in 1944: the ...