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Vertiflite, May 1968

• Avco Lycoming Awarded $65 Million in Contracts… Expanding Charleston, S.C. Facility
• Sikorsky's Universal Military Pod Accepted by U.S. Army
• Lockheed-Georgia Wind Tunnel Tailored to VTOL Design
• Ryan Radar Altimeter Supports Low Altitude Copter Tests
• Telescoping Blade System Being Developed by Sikorsky Aircraft
• Cheyenne Copter Test Component 'Flies 25 Years'- Without Leaving Ground
• 3,000,000 Passengers Flown by N.Y. Airways
• Ryan Vertifan Jet Begins Flight Tests for NASA
• CHI Receives Gunsight Contract for HueyCobra
• U.S. Navy SH-3D ASW Helicopter Enters Fleet
• Garrett-AiResearch Inters Small Helicopter Market With TSE36-1 Engine
• High Speed Bearings for Helicopter Transmission in Cheyenne Program
• First CH-54A Flying Crane Pod Delivered
• Bell Helicopter Co. Names Dominion Helicopters Ltd. Service Center
• The Impact of Avionics on VTOL Aircraft - Theodore, Michael J.
• Boeing's Vertol Div. Awarded AF STOL Study Contract
• Enstrom Corp. Producing Its Model F-28A
• Kaman Develops Personal Shield for its "Sweet Chariot" Seat
• Boeing Receives Order for Additional Marine Corps CH-46D Sea Knights
• Bell Delivers its 10,000th Ship
• World's Lowest-Priced Helicopter
• Hold That Target!
• Boeing CH-46D Sea Knight Flown Coast to Coast in Less Than 20 Hrs.
• Modified Kaman UH-2C Establishes Record High in Gross Weight
• PAA Accepts First of Five Sikorsky S-61s
• Advanced T64 Engines Undergo Full Series of Ground and Flight Testing
• Kaman Corp. Unveils DAVI
• Boeing Chinooks Recover $1 Billion Worth of Aircraft in Vietnam
• U.S. Navy Makes 'Huey' Its Advanced R/W Trainer
• Messerschmitt Flies Rigid-Rotor Helicopter
• Sikorsky S-64B Crane Will Outlift Russia's Mi-10
• First Flight of the SA-340-002 Helicopter
• Two Sikorsky S-64A Skycranes Return to U.S. from W. Germany…
• NYC P.D. Eye's Future of Law Enforcement; Will Try T.V. Camera in Patrol Helicopter
• Penn State Offers One-Week Course on Aerodynamics of V/STOL Aircraft - Wide World of Vertiflite
• Scheutzow Helicopter Scores Price Breakthrough
• Army Awards Contract to Boeing For Additional Chinooks
• TBO Mark For Lycoming T5311A Turbines Raised To 2000 Hours in South America
• Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane Continues Development Projects
• Bell Twin-Engine UH-1 Development Approved By Canadian Government
• Boeing Grants Chinook Co-Production And Marketing Rights To Elicoterri Meridionali
• New Vap-Air AC External Power Monitor Allows Lockheed Cheyenne To Land Anywhere Without Equipment Damage
• Fairchild Hiller Establishes Spares Depot in British Columbia
• VTOL Aircraft of the Future - Michel, Philip L.
• The USAF VTOL Inventory: Now and Tomorrow - McKenna, James L. (USAF)
• The AH: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - Theodore, Michael J.