A Helicopter in WW1?

[robert arndt]

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/pkz-2_model.htm

Rob

[robert arndt]

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> http://www.landships.freeservers.com/pkz-2_model.htm
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> Rob

a photo of the PKZ-2 from 1918:

http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/foto/petroczy_1.jpg

[Jason Strong]

(robert arndt) wrote in message >...
> (robert arndt) wrote in message >...
> > http://www.landships.freeservers.com/pkz-2_model.htm
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> > Rob
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> a photo of the PKZ-2 from 1918:
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> http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/foto/petroczy_1.jpg

Is it just me or does that thing look like the lunar lander prototype?

JS

[robert arndt]

(Jason Strong) wrote in message >...
> (robert arndt) wrote in message >...
> > (robert arndt) wrote in message >...
> > > http://www.landships.freeservers.com/pkz-2_model.htm
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> > > Rob
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> > a photo of the PKZ-2 from 1918:
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> > http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/foto/petroczy_1.jpg
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> Is it just me or does that thing look like the lunar lander prototype?
>
> JS


No, I'd say it looks more like the '50s French Atar Volant:

http://www.ufx.org/images/atarvolant.jpg

Like the PKZ-2 it is also tethered in the photo... although further
versions were flown independently.

Rob