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    Kouns-Craft dirigible helicopter - photo

    The Kouns-Craft dirigible helicopter was a hybrid aircraft designed in 1939 by Chinese-American cook Young Ho Koun. During it's sole flight attempt in front of the media, the aircraft was damaged and it never flew.

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    Not really an aircraft, since it never flew. Perhaps, Ho Koun should have stayed in the kitchen.

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    Looks like a.... recipe for disaster

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    Helicopter?

    I do not see a rotor. Perhaps he left some of the parts off.



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