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This article published in the the Wichita Eagle deals with the accomplishments of early aviation enthusiast A.E. Hunt. Hunt, of Jetmore, Kansas, built a flying machine in 1910 containing design elements that would later be refined and used in some of the world's first helicopters. In fact, the article compares the features found on Hunt's rotary aircraft to a Cessna CH-1 helicopter in order to demonstrate the similarities between the basic elements of each craft's design.
Creator: Wichita Eagle
Date: January 8, 1956
This article can be used in conjunction with other material on A.E. Hunt and his aviation experiments to give students a sense of how his accomplishments had a long-lasting impact on the development of American aviation technology.
KS: 7th: 4.6.: significance of the work of entrepreneurial Kansans in the aviation industry
Item Number: 213467
Call Number: K 629.13, Aviation Clippings, Vol. 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213467
Business and Industry - Aviation - Research and development
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Aviation entrepreneurs (Indicator 6)
Date - 1950s - 1956
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - Notable Kansans - Cessna,Clyde,1879-1954
People - Notable Kansans - Hunt, A.E.
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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