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Modern Marvels: Helicopters (2002 and 2010?)

posted 13 years ago by zumbinis-1
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I've been trying to track down a documentary I saw in the last decade or so about the invention of the helicopter. It had many clips of early prototypes, falures and successes. Tonight I saw Modern Marvels: Helicopter on youtube.com, which seems like it might be the one. However, when I checked the History Channel store and IMdb, there seem to be two dates for the title--2002 and 2010, and the description talks about flying modern helicopters, not a history of the invention. Anybody have any idea or explanation? I would like to buy the right DVD. Thanks for any clues or help you can provide.

[–] zumbinis-1 12 years ago

I now have three videos about helicopters from the History Channel. None of them seem to be the one I remember, which focused more on the originators and designers and competitors like de la Cuerva and Sikorsky and Kamen and Bell and Hiller and Piasecki, with even more contemporary video (and stills?), and less emphasis on modern military and other vertical flight than the ones I've bought. I also have Straight Up, the IMAX film on helicopters.

History Channel and Discovery Channel haven't answered my queries. I even tried to join a rotorcraft bulletin board to ask about this, but the moderator rejected me.

Any fan of helicopters and videos have an idea what this documentary title was, and if it's available?

[–] huggie-1 11 years ago

Try the show WINGS not the comedy but the Discovery Channel's They also had Wings over the Gulf and Wings of WW2 I think one of the shows dealt with helicopters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmugARNO7N4

HB

[–] zumbinis-1 11 years ago

Thank you for the link, HB. It was not the one I was seeking, but still new to me and very enjoyable.