Bothezat collection, 1911-1973.

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Bothezat collection, 1911-1973.

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This collection was gathered and donated by Baron Vladimir Kuhn von Poushental and relates to the engineering, design, and manufacture of the de Bothezat helicopter and the mathematical concepts from which the structures were built. The most significant part of the collection deals with the first sustained passenger-carrying helicopter. The flights were made possible by the engineering knowledge of George de Bothezat and his staff who built the aircraft at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. The balance of the material contains information about de Bothezat's contributions to science, his concepts about aerodynamic principles, and his ideas about the types and uses of future aircraft.

2 boxes ; 39 x 13 x 26 cm.

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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United States. Army. Air Service

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Bothezat, George de, 1881-1940.

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Born in Bessarabia, a province of Imperial Russia, George de Bothezat came to the United States in 1918. Recognized as the leading European authority in aerodynamics, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics appointed him to the position of "aerodynamic expert." In 1921, de Bothezat undertook the building of the de Bothezat helicopter, the first rotocraft ordered by the United States Army. The helicopter was built and tested at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, and was the first military helico...