SP: That was a fine find on Mechanix Illustrated!
Dixon's 'Heli-Car' does somehow resemble a flying wheelchair though!
Schinthe wrote: It would appear that the 'safety trilby ' was de rigeur in those days.
LOL! Yes it
was a popular accessory during the first half of the 20th century, especially Stateside:
The late great Sir Igor Sikorsky (left and with Trilby 
) and Mr Orville Wright standing by a Sikorsky XR-4 helicopter at Wright Field, Ohio, in May 1942 (Photo: Sikorsky Archives)
The late Howard Hughes (with his Fedora) on the flight deck of his H-4 Hercules (aka 'Spruce Goose') seaplane in Long Beach Harbour before his epic flight on 2nd November 1947
US Air Force Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly waterborne somewhere off the US coast at sometime but most likely mid-to-late 40's
Can anyone take a stab as to what the device below the swashplate might be? Clearly an arm leading to some sort of horizontal stabiliser but a most uncommon accoutrement for this (or indeed any) type!