Registration / Serial:N8190H
Aircraft Original Type:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
Aircraft Generic Type:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
Aircraft Version:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
C/n (msn):2003
City / Airport:East Palo Alto - Hiller Aircraft Factory (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1952
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One of the early civil prototypes of the Hiller HJ-1 Hornet ramjet-powered helicopter, flown by Stanley Hiller, with bow tie, and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. By the standards of early helicopter marketing they are not even overdressed. Bernhard was rated by his RAF instructors as an exceptional, but overconfident pilot. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:N8190H
Aircraft Version:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
C/n (msn):2003
City / Airport:East Palo Alto - Hiller Aircraft Factory (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N8190H
Aircraft Original Type:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
Aircraft Generic Type:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
Aircraft Version:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
C/n (msn):2003
City / Airport:East Palo Alto - Hiller Aircraft Factory (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:307205Submit Correction
View count: 562
One of the early civil prototypes of the Hiller HJ-1 Hornet ramjet-powered helicopter, flown by Stanley Hiller, with bow tie, and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. By the standards of early helicopter marketing they are not even overdressed. Bernhard was rated by his RAF instructors as an exceptional, but overconfident pilot. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:N8190H
Aircraft Version:Hiller HJ-1 Hornet
C/n (msn):2003
City / Airport:East Palo Alto - Hiller Aircraft Factory (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:18 April 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive