Kaman Helicopters History Montage

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Steven Kaman

6 жыл бұрын

Created for the Charles H Kaman exhibit at the New England Air Museum

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@rlwoodlief 2 ай бұрын

When I was in 4th grade(Wendell, NC) a strange looking helicopter flew over town. It was from Seymour Johnson Air Force base in Goldsboro, NC. It had been called to rescue a painter that had fallen into our water tower. It was considered the only stable platform capable of lifting him out and to a hospital in Raleigh. I'll never forget see that helicopter with two rotors working it's magic.

@user-xc6wd3hb4s 11 ай бұрын

I used to play in the Charlie Kaman Band. Mr. Kaman was quite a guitar player and almost went professional in the Jimmy Dorsey Band. He started Ovation Guitar. He and his wife started Fidelco, the dogs for blind people. He was quite a guy!

@mitsmith9255 3 жыл бұрын

Kaman makes the best helicopters.

@SoloPilot6 10 ай бұрын

LOVE those old Synchropters. I regret not buying a surplus Huskie when I had a chance 25 years ago.

@B1900pilot 4 жыл бұрын

Charles Kaman, aviation pioneer...

@WilhelmKarsten 11 ай бұрын

The real genius at Kaman was German engineer Anton Flettner

@mikemorse8609 11 ай бұрын

my dad worked at the factory when I was a lad. I am 66 now. He had a model kit of the Husky

@overbank56 14 күн бұрын

Awesome to see some of his earlier models

@esiprecision7504 11 ай бұрын

I worked for Kaman 81-1986. Great memories in the old Moosup Ct. machine shop.

@Kkakay77 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing show of your guys' history. K-max for life as long as a better looking one comes out. Maybe even a pusher prop.

@Gunny1Highway 4 жыл бұрын

Pusher prop my dream, just like the Sud-Ouest Djinn.

@raywhitehead730 11 ай бұрын

One US Navy Kaman Aviator flying the Sea sprite H2, did earn a Medal of Honor, for a rescue mission in Vietnam: Commander Clyde Lassen.

@briankaman7511 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful video..

@daveburgie6099 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in Windsor, a mile from the plant.

@iansampson2492 11 ай бұрын

My Dad worked at Kaman in the early 60s ..worked on Husky and Seasprite ..Had fond memories of working there and Charlie Kaman...He went from there to Helio Aircraft in Bedford MA...

@ronjonson26 11 ай бұрын

I worked on quite a few Helios in the 1980s in southern California

@herman7661 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Very little material out there om the K-1125. This was extremely interesting to see!

@jeffersonhenriquesoares809 11 ай бұрын

atacar

@priceyA320 Жыл бұрын

New Zealand Navy still operates the SH-2G so get to hear its unique sound from time to time.

@ohioankid8617 11 ай бұрын

So does the polish navy!

@TJ-USMC 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video !!!

@jfh9209 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I loved watching this.

@davidwallace5738 11 ай бұрын

Great video 👍 thanks for sharing!

@alexabadi7458 Ай бұрын

Beautiful !

@alexandremarcelino7360 Ай бұрын

Exatamente 🌟👏

@mahmoodsoleja9068 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful ! 👍

@user-pj9mo5od6b 11 ай бұрын

Kaman made very advanced helicopters, why are they not being released.

@davidfifer4729 6 ай бұрын

Great video. The H-43A segment beginning @2:58 looks to me like H-43Fs

@maikrohsoft3136 Жыл бұрын

Special thanks to Anton Flettner for developing of intermeshing rotors.😁

@willmo1725 11 ай бұрын

Why did the syncro copters disappear? Love the video.

@swk91356 11 ай бұрын

The KMAX is still around for it's heavy lift capability, but generally because they are slower than tail rotor configurations

@willmo1725 11 ай бұрын

@@swk91356 thanks

@mahendramobileshop8891 11 ай бұрын

nice sir

@kevinm.n.5158 11 ай бұрын

Those early prototype models looks other worldly! Like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I don't think that would "fly" today for obvious safety reasons..

@WilliamWhitneyChristmasMD Жыл бұрын

“These are so cool looking!” :HU-2K appears: “Oh, that’s one’s kinda boring.”

@Gunny1Highway 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice.

@raywhitehead730 11 ай бұрын

I didn't like flying the Kaman SH-2f Seasprite, very much. It had some good engineering points and some poor ones. If found that it was an excellent IFR flying helicopter for the Time. Trick was to use the electric drive trim frequently. The landing gear was excellent.

@jonlee7269 11 ай бұрын

My father (Ralph Lee) Flew as a test pilot for Charlie in the late 50s early 60s. I remember him talking about winch downs at sea and altitude records with the Husky. I wish I had some footage of him during that time. He later became a salesman for Bell. As a kid I got a steady flow of model Helicopters to build.

@raywhitehead730 11 ай бұрын

Great memories! The Huskey was interesting. Known for few mechanical problems, a very high availability rate. But suffered from a low forward speed.

@sachmo0196 11 ай бұрын

My bud (Navy) flew the H-2 in the 80's. He/they called it the "Kaman Coffin!"...Not good :( I flew H-1,3,46's (shout out:)

@RiverMersey 11 ай бұрын

Please make the designs of K-Max open source! 🙏

@AbelMcTalisker 11 ай бұрын

I wonder just how much the 1947 Kaman design was influenced by the captured German Fletner helicopter that ended up in the USA after the war? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbWAkpBzyLixgo0.html

@swk91356 11 ай бұрын

In 1947 Kaman Aircraft as it was known then, was a small company operating out of an old gymnasium at Bradley Field Ct, and did not have access to any captured german engineering or data of any kind. The K-125 was developed as a crop duster independent of any US Military involvement. In fact all proposals to the US military were rejected until well after the K-125 and then the K-190 were already up and fully operational, so no, the Fletner helicopter had no influence on the Kaman design.

@WilhelmKarsten 11 ай бұрын

The real genius at Kaman was German engineer *Anton Flettner.*