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 
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Monday March 15, 2027
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How old Helicopter would be if it was invented on a different planet
Mercury
361.27 years
Venus
141.44 years
Mars
46.26 years
Jupiter
7.33 years
Saturn
2.95 years
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Helicopter - Celebrations from his DOB
- 63 days from now, November 20, 2026, Helicopter celebrate 362nd Mercury age
- 126 days from now, January 22, 2027, Helicopter celebrate 142nd Venus age
- 151 days from now, February 16, 2027, Helicopter celebrate 363rd Mercury age
- 163 days from now, February 28, 2027, Helicopter celebrate exactly 46,000,000 minutes
- 177 days from now, March 14, 2027, Helicopter celebrate exactly 1050 months
- 179 days from now, March 15, 2027, Helicopter celebrate 88th half birthday
- 219 days from now, April 25, 2027, Helicopter celebrate exactly 32,000 days
- 239 days from now, May 15, 2027, Helicopter celebrate 364th Mercury age
- 302 days from now, July 17, 2027, Helicopter celebrate exactly 770,000 hours
- 327 days from now, August 11, 2027, Helicopter celebrate 365th Mercury age
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