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Derby Industrialist Was Aviation PioneerBuilt and piloted America's first "helicopter"
This flight took place before the better known Igor Sikorsky built his first helicopter in Russia. He did not come to the U.S. and start producing helicopters for another 30 years! We want to thank Randy Ritter for suggesting this quiz and also doing some digging in old city directories to discover that Williams had a residence on Minerva Street in 1906 but moved to one street over to Caroline Street by 1913. This quiz proved to be especially tough as only Eileen Krugel and Ann Searles knew both the invention and the inventor! Just to be fair, we decided to give credit to the following people who at least identified the picture as a helicopter!: L. Nappi, Frederick Picroski, Markanthony Izzo, Dominick thomas, Robert Scovin, Henry Jadach, Thomas Harbinson, Joan Driscoll, John Blue, George K. Yocher To see our other earlier quizzes and learn more about Derby's unique history, click here. |