Helicopters

Former President Harry S. Truman inside helicopter that will transport him to the airport.

Helicopter transporting former President Harry S. Truman to the airport. The helicopter has just landed. People in photo are unidentified.

Helicopter transporting former President Harry S. Truman to the airport.

Helicopter transporting former President Harry S. Truman to the airport.

Photograph of Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer (right) taken in Los Angeles on September 14, 1949, as he was getting into a Los Angeles Airways helicopter. The man on the left is unidentified. (Original negative, 3-1/2" by 5").

From left to right: Captain Ray S. White, Air Force, Austin, Texas, P-51 Fighter Pilot, Captain Robert Wayne's wing man. First Lieutenant Paul VanBoven, Air Force, San Mateo, California. Pilot of helicopter that rescued Captain Wayne. Corporal John Fuentz, Para-Medic. Helicopter crew man who pulled Captain Wayne into the helicopter.

Taken from an unarmed plane piloted by Captain Edwards, 5th Air Force, during the Korean War. Helicopter (circled to left of wing) rescuing a pilot who had been shot down five miles behind enemy lines. Pilot Captain Robert Wayne bailed out of an F-51 at 1100 feet into a rice paddy.

Photo of a model of a Navy amphibious helicopter by Higgins Industries, Inc.

Photo of a model of a Navy amphibious helicopter developed by Higgins Industries, Inc.

Model of a Navy amphibious helicopter developed by Higgins Industries, Inc.