
Vertical Flight Heritage Site award winner 2025 is Penfield Reef, Fairfield, Connecticut - Site of the world’s first helicopter hoist rescue in 1945, proving the helicopter’s life-saving potential and helping to establish its role in modern search and rescue. Painting by Joseph Keogan.
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