Turbine-powered helicopter tried on special flight
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated March 25, 1960 reads, "Demonstration Flight - Los Angeles Airways and Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Aircraft demonstrate world's first commercial turbine-powered helicopter over route between Los Angeles and Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank. Shown from left, Harmon Bennett, city manager of Burbank; L. S. Wulfekuhler, Lockheed Air Terminal; C. V. Eccelestone Jr., president, Burbank Chamber of Commerce, and Robert P. Hubley, passenger traffic manager, Los Angeles Airways, Inc."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
United Aircraft Corporation.--Sikorsky Aircraft Division Sikorsky Aircraft (Firm) Bob Hope Airport (Los Angeles County, Calif.) County officials and employees--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Demonstrations--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Helicopters--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Airways--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Airports--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Sikorsky helicopters Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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