We handed over the controls to a total beginner for their first-ever attempt at flying a helicopter, and the results were ...
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How Were Modern Helicopters Invented?

The idea of the helicopter dates back to the Renaissance—but the contraptions could not be built until the development of modern aerospace engineering during the interwar period.
In the harsh neon glow of a Kansas hotel room, a 28-year-old Guardsman inked a “covert relationship” with ghosts he thought ...