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Manzolini Libellula II
The Manzolini Libellula was a 1950s Italian co-axial twin-rotor helicopter designed by Ettore Manzolini. "Libellula" is the Italian word for "Dragonfly". Design and development Ettore Manzolini established a company in Rome, Italy to develop a helicopter he had designed. The design was the Manzolini Libellula an unusual co-axial helicopter. The co-axial arrangement eliminating the need for an anti-torque rotor allowed the helicopter to have a twin fin arrangement. The Libellula (Registered I-MANZ) first flew on 7 January 1952. An improved version was the single-seat Libellula II which went on to gain Italian certification on 15 October 1962. A three-seater version (the Libellula III) was built and a four-seat Libellula IV was planned but Manzolini stopped development in the late 1960s. Variants ;Libellula :Prototype, one built. ;Libellula II :Prototype single-seat version powered by a 75kW (101hp) Walter Minor 4-III engine, one built. ;Libellula III :Prototype two-seat version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manzolini
The Manzolini Libellula was a 1950s Italian co-axial twin-rotor helicopter designed by Ettore Manzolini. "Libellula" is the Italian word for "Dragonfly". Design and development Ettore Manzolini established a company in Rome, Italy to develop a helicopter he had designed. The design was the Manzolini Libellula an unusual co-axial helicopter. The co-axial arrangement eliminating the need for an anti-torque rotor allowed the helicopter to have a twin fin arrangement. The Libellula (Registered I-MANZ) first flew on 7 January 1952. An improved version was the single-seat Libellula II which went on to gain Italian certification on 15 October 1962. A three-seater version (the Libellula III) was built and a four-seat Libellula IV was planned but Manzolini stopped development in the late 1960s. Variants ;Libellula :Prototype, one built. ;Libellula II :Prototype single-seat version powered by a 75kW (101hp) Walter Minor 4-III The Walter Minor is a family of four- and six-cylinder inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 In Aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1952: Events * The Royal Navy conducts the worlds first trials of an angled flight deck, aboard the aircraft carrier HMS ''Triumph''. It had been invented by Royal Navy Captain (later Rear Admiral) Dennis R. F. Campbell.Sturtivant, Ray, ''British Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm, 1917–1990'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990, , p. 216. * The Royal Navy conducts the worlds first trials of a mirror landing aid, aboard the aircraft carrier . It had been invented by Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander (later Rear Admiral) H. C. Nicholas "Nick" Goodhart. January * United Nations forces in Korea begin Operation Moonlight Sonata, which uses the illumination effect of the moon on snow to allow night-flying aircraft to find enemy trains operating at night and isolate them by bombing the tracks in front of and behind them, with carrier-based naval aircraft destroying the isolated trains the following morning. Several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |