Kouns-Craft dirigible helicopter - photo

[Altair]

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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