de Lackner HZ-1 personal helicopter - photo and video

**Altair** · Sep 24, 2021, 08:27 PM

HZ-1 Aerocycle developed by de Lackner Helicopters for the United States Army in the 1950s.

**IntheGroove** · Sep 24, 2021, 09:36 PM

Looks safe to me...

**bob_3000** · Sep 25, 2021, 04:39 PM

"Honey, I'm going on a trip, pack my REALLY sticky shoes".

**gatz** · Sep 25, 2021, 04:37 PM

...what could go wrong ?

**FEM2008** · Sep 25, 2021, 05:03 PM

I guess they weren't worried about snipers while waiting for rotors to spin down. Or...perhaps they were supposed to be disguised as vertical shafts!

**drivermark** · Sep 25, 2021, 05:45 PM

Doesn't seem like that would be too practical for front line combat operations but it might be useful in the mess hall as a big ass egg beater

**TrickieDickie** · Sep 25, 2021, 06:35 PM

Not enough money in the world......

**odd one** · Sep 25, 2021, 07:22 PM

I want one....oh wait, it is called a personal drone now days.

**mcthistle007** · Sep 26, 2021, 02:05 AM

er I wonder if they drew Straws or played heads or tails? FFS!

**WmRMeyers** · Sep 26, 2021, 06:45 AM

NOPE! Private Jones, Front and center!

counter-rotating blades, and no way out but down. Bet they all got repurposed as paper shredders later on.

Bill, who got used as Airman Jones on a couple of small details a decade or two later.

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