Aviation History Paul Cornu’s Flying Bicycle 110th anniversary of the first helicopter flight
On 13 November 1907, French engineer and bicycle-maker Paul Cornu made history by becoming the first man to fly in a rotary wing aircraft. Like the Wright Brothers, Cornu was a bicycle maker who dreamed of flight. Ensuring his place in the history books, his primitive twin-rotor helicopter was powered by a 24HP Antoinette engine […]