Aviation history

[Richard]

While reading, "A Chronology of World Aviation", by Lt Col Gene Gurney USAF, I came across this gem:


December 28, 1957: Capt. James E. Bowman, USA, set a 30,335 foot world altitude record for helicopters in a Cessna YH41 Seneca at Wichita, Kansas.

Gives new meaning to high wing.

 

[silver-eagle]

While reading, "A Chronology of World Aviation", by Lt Col Gene Gurney USAF, I came across this gem:


December 28, 1957: Capt. James E. Bowman, USA, set a 30,335 foot world altitude record for helicopters in a Cessna YH41 Seneca at Wichita, Kansas.

Gives new meaning to high wing.

It really does exist though. There is reportedly an example at the US ARMY Aviation Museum in Alabama. A picture of it: http://1000aircraftphotos.com/PRPhotos/CessnaYH-41.htm
Not your average Cessna.