This Day in Aviation History
February 21st, 1962
First flight of the Piasecki 16H Pathfinder.
 
The Piasecki 16H was a series of compound helicopters produced in the 1960s. The first version of the Pathfinder, the -1 version, first flew in 1962. The similar but larger Pathfinder II, the 16H-1A, was completed in 1965….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, Piasecki 16H Pathfinder: http://gstv.us/1XCyc1b
 
YouTube, Piasecki Aircraft 16H Pathfinder: http://gstv.us/1XCyghk
 
For further reading:, please check out this article on Piasecki’s website: http://gstv.us/1XCympp
 
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