
Some of the helicopters on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center. From left to right: the Bell Model 30 (Bell's first demonstrator helicopter); the Bell H-13J that was the first to carry a US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, on July 12, 1957; the Robinson R44 Astro (G-MURY) that was flown around the world twice with Jennifer Murray at the controls, first with an instructor and then solo; both world firsts for a woman; and the Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-1A Autogiro. The photo was taken on Sept. 1, 2025, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, by Mike Hirschberg. CC BY-SA 4.0
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