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    Etienne Oehmichen was a French engineer and helicopter designer who set the first helicopter world record recognized by the FAI on April 14, 1924 by flying his helicopter 360 meters. He achieved the first successful helicopter flight on February 18, 1921 and improved his design with small vertically mounted rotors rotating in opposite directions, creating a more reliable flying helicopter. On April 14, 1923, he broke his own record with a 360 meter flight and later exceeded 525 meters a few days later. In 1931, he invented a type of blimp called the "Hélicostat" that could hover, take off, and land without ground crew using four movable propellers.

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    Etienne Oehmichen was a French engineer and helicopter designer who set the first helicopter world record recognized by the FAI on April 14, 1924 by flying his helicopter 360 meters. He achieved the first successful helicopter flight on February 18, 1921 and improved his design with small vertically mounted rotors rotating in opposite directions, creating a more reliable flying helicopter. On April 14, 1923, he broke his own record with a 360 meter flight and later exceeded 525 meters a few days later. In 1931, he invented a type of blimp called the "Hélicostat" that could hover, take off, and land without ground crew using four movable propellers.

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    Etienne Oehmichen was a French engineer and helicopter designer who set the first helicopter world record recognized by the FAI on April 14, 1924 by flying his helicopter 360 meters. He achieved the first successful helicopter flight on February 18, 1921 and improved his design with small vertically mounted rotors rotating in opposite directions, creating a more reliable flying helicopter. On April 14, 1923, he broke his own record with a 360 meter flight and later exceeded 525 meters a few days later. In 1931, he invented a type of blimp called the "Hélicostat" that could hover, take off, and land without ground crew using four movable propellers.

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    Contributions Etienne Edmond Oehmichen

    “Frenchman Etienne Oehmichen, set the first (October 15, 1884 – July 10, 1955) Etienne was
    helicopter world record recognized by the a French engineer and helicopter designer.
    Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) on
    14 April 1924, flying his helicopter 360 m” He achieved the longest helicopter flight at that
    [ CITATION Pet17 \l 3082 ] time, recording a length in the air of around
    360m in 1924. It was recognized by the
    His first successful flight with a helicopter took International Aeronautical Federation that made
    place on 18 February 1921.  the record valid.

    On 11 November 1922, he first flew


    'Oehmichen No.2', an improved helicopter
    featuring small vertically mounted rotors which
    rotated in the opposite direction from the large
    lifting rotors, probably creating the first reliable
    flying helicopter capable of carrying a person.

    On 14 April 1923, he broke the existing record


    for helicopter flight with a flight of 360 m and
    525 m a few days later, just before being
    surpassed by Raúl Pateras Pescara.

    In 1931, Oehmichen invented and tested a type


    of blimp he called the "Hélicostat", controlled
    by four movable propellers, which could hover,
    take off, and land without ground crew.

    References
    Petrescu, R., & Aversa, R. (2017). About
    Helicopters. Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft
    Technology.

    Student Name / Student ID:

    Omar Hernández / 320680

    February 27, 2020

    Professor: M.C. Eloy N. Marquez Gonzalez

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