| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NX13515 |
| Alternate Registration: | X13515 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Herrick HV-2 Vertaplane |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Herrick HV-2 Vertaplane |
| Aircraft Version: | Herrick HV-2A Vertaplane |
| Licence-built by: | Heath |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 29 June 1936 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 393825 |
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The Herrick HV-2 Vertaplane could fly as a biplane or as an autogyro. The upper wing could be unlocked, but not locked in flight. The earlier HV-1 crashed, but the HV-2A successfully converted from fixed-wing to autogyro mode for the first time in July 1937 over its Boulevard Airport, Philadelphia base. Test flying had already begun in 1936 and this visit to Floyd Bennett Field took place in that year if the date is correct. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 23 September 2021, and has since been viewed 1163 times. |