ERIK HILDESHEIM -1984

ERIK HILDESHEIM Contributed by Joe Gertler,

 

NEW MEMBER, 1948      ERIK HILDESHEIM, 128 Row..nd Rd., Fairfield, Conn., with Danish, British and Swedish licenses, comes up with a helicopter solo, September 28, 1912, at Copenhagen while apprentice to the Pioneer Ellehammer.      In a series of tests inside a closed hangar the machine "rose completely from the floor under its own engine power so that it hung in the air with its whole weight. This occurred first with the machine empty and then with a pilot (Hildesheim) in the machine. * * * The automatic stabilizer functioned immediately and efficiently. By operating it, the machine could be banked in all 4 directions and the amount of banking be controlled at will or when it was preferred, by the automatic influence of the "pilot" reports the observing committee. from CHIRP, JANUARY, 1948 - CLEVELAND, OHIO - NUMBER 37 courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

 

Erik Hildesheim died in 1984 From The Early Birds of Aviation Roster of Members January 1, 1993   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back