Registration / Serial:41-1
Alternate Serial:1001
Aircraft Original Type:Platt-LePage XR-1 (PL-3)
Aircraft Generic Type:Platt-LePage XR-1 (PL-3)
Aircraft Version:Platt-LePage XR-1
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Heliport:Eddystone - Platt-LePage Factory Heliport (closed)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1941 to 21 June 1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:402879Submit Correction
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The original XR-1 helicopter, first flown tethered as early as 12 May 1941. The water tower reads General Steel Castings, proof that this is the Platt-LePage factory site in Eddystone. Several early American helicopter companies were based in Pennsylvania, including Piasecki, and today Boeing's helicopter factory occupies the General Steel Castings site, across the Crum Creek from the Platt-LePage site. Photo from: Vertical Flight Society
Registration / Serial:41-1
Alternate Serial:1001
Aircraft Version:Platt-LePage XR-1
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Heliport:Eddystone - Platt-LePage Factory Heliport (closed)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1941 to 21 June 1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:41-1
Alternate Serial:1001
Aircraft Original Type:Platt-LePage XR-1 (PL-3)
Aircraft Generic Type:Platt-LePage XR-1 (PL-3)
Aircraft Version:Platt-LePage XR-1
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Heliport:Eddystone - Platt-LePage Factory Heliport (closed)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1941 to 21 June 1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:402879Submit Correction
View count: 295
The original XR-1 helicopter, first flown tethered as early as 12 May 1941. The water tower reads General Steel Castings, proof that this is the Platt-LePage factory site in Eddystone. Several early American helicopter companies were based in Pennsylvania, including Piasecki, and today Boeing's helicopter factory occupies the General Steel Castings site, across the Crum Creek from the Platt-LePage site. Photo from: Vertical Flight Society
Registration / Serial:41-1
Alternate Serial:1001
Aircraft Version:Platt-LePage XR-1
C/n (msn):1
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Heliport:Eddystone - Platt-LePage Factory Heliport (closed)Map
Region / Country:Pennsylvania, United States
Photo Date:1 January 1941 to 21 June 1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive