^Lot 303 Kellett Aircraft Corp. Early Helicopter Pioneer,

DE. 1940's. Specimen. Odd shs, common, green. Eagle vignette. By the start of the 2nd great war of the late 1930's and early 1940's, the Kellett Aircraft Corporaiton had established itself as a leading developer of rotorcraft for the U.S. military. The helicopter that Kellett designed was the XR-8 for the Army Airforce (AAF). The company competed with Sikorsky but due to engineering difficulties and a test pilot having been killed during a test of the XR-10 in 1949, the company soon failed after that. Rare stock certificate. Unique in archive. SBNC. XF.