Turbocopter Odyssey

Duration: 12 min

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Sikorsky Aircraft Div Of United Aircraft Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Emphasizes the importance of the gas turbine engine to the helicopter industry in terms of comfort, reliability, performance and economy. Shows the versatile turbocopter which has a boat hull and lands almost anywhere, operating from such varied places as the summit of Mount Fujiyama, the snows of the Himalayan Mountains, a post office roof in Los Angeles, an offshore oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the Potomac River in Washington and the Grand Canal of Venice.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)


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