Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
| Piasecki Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1936 |
| Seat | Essington, Pennsylvania |
| Branch | Aviation industry |
The Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PIAC) is an American airplane and airship hangar and a helicopter manufacturer in Essington ( Pennsylvania ). All products were designed in-house. Innovative helicopter concepts and propulsion options are typical of the company.
history
After company founder Frank Piasecki left his previous company Piasecki Helicopter Corporation in a dispute, he founded Piasecki Aircraft Corporation in 1955, another company for the development of new helicopters. In contrast to his earlier companies, Piasecki Aircraft also stood for the development of aircraft, for example vertical take-offs . Although he did not develop any models in large numbers with this company, he was very innovative with his sometimes very unusual constructive designs and drive concepts.
helicopter
(Selection)
- Piasecki 16H "Pathfinder"
- Piasecki VZ-8 "Airgeep"
- Piasecki HUP
- Piasecki PA-39
- Piasecki PA-97
- Piasecki X-49
- Piasecki H-21 "Workhorse" (Flying Banana)
- Piasecki YH-16
- Piasecki HRP
- Piasecki X-49
literature
- Giorgio Apostolo: World Cyclopedia of Airplanes, Volume 3. Südwest-Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-517-00851-6 .