Platt-LePage XR-1
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platt-lepage-xr-1-221-4594735
title:
Platt-LePage XR-1
text:
The Platt-LePage XR-1, also known by the company designation PL-3, is an early American transverse rotors helicopter, built by the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The winner of a United States Army Air Corps design competition held in early 1940, the XR-1 was the first helicopter tested by the USAAF, flying in 1941. The flight testing of the XR-1 proved troublesome, and although continued testing showed that the design had promise, other, improved helicopters were becom
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1941 American experimental helicopter
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platt-LePage_XR-1
date created:
2007-12-02T22:07:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T02:54:56Z
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