Maitland Bleecker's helicopters

[hesham]

Hi,

Mr. Maitland B. Bleecker designed a fourth helicopter Projects before he worked with
Curtiss to introduce SX-5,has antone hear about them before ?.

https://www.google.st/patents/US1909450?dq=maitland+bleecker+helicopter&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj80OPk2MnTAhVHsBQKHTwiDVQQ6AEIIDAA

 

[hesham]

Also this one;

https://www.google.st/patents/US2142601?dq=maitland+bleecker&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje0cep08rTAhXKtxQKHRO9B44Q6AEIMjAC

 

[VictorXL188]

Hi I looked through the listings, and after an exhaustive search found I could not find any discussions about the Curtiss-Bleecker Helicopter, although it did get a mention in one or two other types discussions. Whilst looking at https://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/NY/Airfields_NY_LongIs_Nassau.htm, I came across this lovely pic of the type and thought members may appreciate it. As it states on the webpage," A 1929 photo of an unidentified man in front of the sole example of the Curtiss-Bleecker Helicopter at Roosevelt Field. The Curtiss-Bleecker Helicopter was designed by Maitland Bleecker & built by Curtiss in nearby Garden City. It was reputed to have made several brief flights, but it was not pursued due to instability."

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/maitland-bleecker-helicopters.28933/#post-305294

 

[VictorXL188]

I think you will find that as you yourself said Hesham, that post was about a project before the Curtiss one, which was the SX-5.

 

[hesham]

That's right dear Victor,

I just want you to know this thread.

 

[Armin Derer]

Hi,

Mr. Maitland B. Bleecker designed a fourth helicopter Projects before he worked with
Curtiss to introduce SX-5,has antone hear about them before ?.

https://www.google.st/patents/US190...ved=0ahUKEwj80OPk2MnTAhVHsBQKHTwiDVQQ6AEIIDAA

If one compares images of the actual SX-5 with those patent drawings, the similarites are striking. The patent was filed in 1925 and awarded in 1933. The SX-5 was rolled out in 1926, a year after the filing. We may as well look at the plans for the SX-5.

 

[Apophenia]

... an unidentified man in front of the sole example of the Curtiss-Bleecker Helicopter at Roosevelt Field...

Pretty sure that is the man himself.

Maitlan Bleecker in a Vertical Flight Society photo: https://gallery.vtol.org/image/1Opez

 

[hesham]

Hi,

Mr. Maitland B. Bleecker designed a fourth helicopter Projects before he worked with
Curtiss to introduce SX-5,has antone hear about them before ?.

https://www.google.st/patents/US190...ved=0ahUKEwj80OPk2MnTAhVHsBQKHTwiDVQQ6AEIIDAA

If one compares images of the actual SX-6 with those patent drawings, the similarites are striking. The patent was filed in 1925 and awarded in 1933. The SX-5 was rolled out in 1926, a year after the filing. We may as well look at the plans for the SX-5.

Hi Armin Derer,

what was SX-6 ?.

 

[Armin Derer]

Hi,

Mr. Maitland B. Bleecker designed a fourth helicopter Projects before he worked with
Curtiss to introduce SX-5,has antone hear about them before ?.

https://www.google.st/patents/US190...ved=0ahUKEwj80OPk2MnTAhVHsBQKHTwiDVQQ6AEIIDAA

If one compares images of the actual SX-6 with those patent drawings, the similarites are striking. The patent was filed in 1925 and awarded in 1933. The SX-5 was rolled out in 1926, a year after the filing. We may as well look at the plans for the SX-5.

Hi Armin Derer,

what was SX-6 ?.

A typo. It is SX-5. Corrected it …

 

[Stargazer]

Pretty sure that is the man himself.

Absolutely!
Here are a few articles about the Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter from 1930.
They show him to be the same individual indeed.

I'm also adding a few photos and articles that haven't been shared in this topic before.

 

[Armin Derer]

Absolutely!
Here are a few articles about the Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter from 1930.
They show him to be the same individual indeed.

I'm also adding a few photos and articles that haven't been shared in this topic before.

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Sweet!

 

[Sineva]

Absolutely!
Here are a few articles about the Curtiss-Bleecker helicopter from 1930.
They show him to be the same individual indeed.

I'm also adding a few photos and articles that haven't been shared in this topic before.

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I love the article title:
"How I solved the helicopter problem"

And the machine itself is totally batshit crazy,I love it!.
I found a video of it,its even more terrifying running at low speed on the ground,I can only imagine how much worse it would`ve been even in a hover of a few feet off the ground.