York XHC-22 Yorkopter VTOL Aircraft of 1956 ?

[hesham]

Hi,

has anyone a more info about York XHC-22 Yorkopter VTOL aircraft prototype ?,maybe it was tilt rotor ?,it was appeared in 1956.

American airplanes: Y - Z

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[Stargazer]

has anyone a more info about York XHC-22 Yorkopter VTOL aircraft prototype ?,maybe it
was tilt rotor ?,it was appeared in 1956.

Unfortunately, this is one prototype that has resisted my investigations up to now.

What I know however is that Charles H. York worked for Hiser Helicopters at Corona Airport, CA, until he was in his 80s.

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

Hi,

has anyone a more info about York XHC-22 Yorkopter VTOL aircraft prototype ?,maybe it
was tilt rotor ?,it was appeared in 1956.

American airplanes: Y - Z

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One webpage at the NASM clearly identifies the XHC-22 as an experimental tiltrotor.

 

[hesham]

Many thanks to you dear Vahe,

and anther mystery in your site; York (Aircraft Corp) XCG-12,
first time to know it was the same company ?.

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

Many thanks to you dear Vahe,

and anther mystery in your site; York (Aircraft Corp) XCG-12 ?.

More info on the XCG-12 transport glider project is available at this thread (which you posted):

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/read-york-xcg-12-info-wanted.20476/

 

[hesham]

The same company (York Aircraft Corp.) and a flying car design ?!,

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/early-flying-car-designs.4480/