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Old 21st May 2004 | 00:26
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Dave_Jackson
 
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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
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