Hiller, Stanley, Jr.

Hiller, Stanley, Jr.
▪ 2007

      American helicopter designer (b. Nov. 15, 1924, San Francisco, Calif.—d. April 20, 2006, Atherton, Calif.), was a teenager when he founded his own company, Hiller Industries, which made a handsome profit from the manufacture of the Comet, a miniature model racing car that he designed; the firm was transformed into a million-dollar business when the 16-year-old college student was contracted by the U.S. military to make parts for combat aircraft during World War II. Hiller, with the backing of his father, left college to concentrate on designing the XH-44, a coaxial helicopter (the first to feature two blades spinning in opposite directions). He later founded United Helicopters (later Hiller Aircraft Corp.). Among his other inventions were the Rotomatic Control System, the one-man Rotocycle, the Flying Platform, the Hornet, and the X-18 tilt-wing transport. Hiller later established an investment company that specialized in helping failing companies make a turnaround. In 2002 he was the recipient of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Lifetime Achievement.

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