Military single-place helicopters

[Kevin_Richey]

Oct. 2023 article in Popular Mechanics:

Before Drones, the U.S. Military Tried Developing These Strange One-Person Helicopters

Without powerful computers, autonomous drones just weren’t possible in the 1950s—so this is what the Army and Navy came up with instead.

www.popularmechanics.com

 

[Brent Smith]

Oct. 2023 article in Popular Mechanics:

Before Drones, the U.S. Military Tried Developing These Strange One-Person Helicopters

Without powerful computers, autonomous drones just weren’t possible in the 1950s—so this is what the Army and Navy came up with instead.

www.popularmechanics.com

This would surely be an interesting read but, alas, requires a membership.

 

[Kevin_Richey]

I don't have a subscription to PM, but a pop-up asked if I wanted to continue reading using my Google Mail account. I signed in that way & was able to view the article & photos.

Another way I have found to read an article that is subscription protected is to quickly "Select All" (w/ the right mouse button) on the article as it loads on the screen, then also quickly select "Copy" again w/ the right mouse mouse button) before their pop-up prevents doing so, then pasting it into a document (already prepared) on the computer to read. This doesn't work w/ photos & doesn't work w/ quicker pop-ups.

Sometimes, after doing steps One & Two above w/ the right mouse button, no pop-ups appear. So, one can then read the article after all.

 

[Kevin_Richey]

Test: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a45549970/flying-platforms-military-history/
This worked w/out any pop-ups.