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21st May 2004 | 00:26

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Dave_Jackson

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From: Vancouver, BC, Canada

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1940 - Igor Sikorsky patented the first helicopter.

The German patent for the intermeshing helicopter was issued in 1902.

Heck, the Germans were flying various helicopters before 1940