Vertol Aircraft Corporation, Morton, Pa. New Vertol 44 helicopter, largest certified for civilian use, is shown in flight over manin plant of the manufacturer, Vertol Aircraft Corporation, at Morton, Pa. the tandem-rotor aircraft carries up to nineteen passengers and comes in three verstions; the cargo-utility model, the airliner version and the executive transport. Licensed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration last April, the Model 44 is the most recent of a series of tandem-rotor helicopter designs that have accumulated more than 400,000 hours of flight for military services in the United States and abroad.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Hauck Collection. Hauck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Hauck. The Haucks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
