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Helistat: The $100 Million Experiment Destroyed in Seconds

For 72 hours, 15% OFF on all Hoverpens with code CALUM, or click the link https://noviumdesign.shop/Calum - Free shipping to most countries. Also on Amazon: https://noviumdesign.shop/vaRonJ In 1986, the U.S. Forest Service launched one of the most bizarre and expensive experimental aircraft ever conceived: the Helistat (PA-97). Designed to lift massive loads using a hybrid of a blimp and four military helicopters, it was supposed to revolutionize logging, heavy cargo transport, submarine warfare... the sky was the limit. Instead, it was violently destroyed on its first untethered flight in a matter of seconds. By why? How did it get so far and what can we learn from its failure? My Patreon:   / calumraasay   Twitter......................►  / calumraasay   Instagram................►  / calumraasay   Discord.....................►  / discord   Website....................►http://calumgillies.com The damning GAO audit from the time: https://www.gao.gov/assets/masad-83-4... Something I didn't mention - some extra info about the history of forestry logging using balloons (and the Helistat): https://foresthistory.org/from-aerolo... Good article on the helistat project: https://lynceans.org/wp-content/uploa... The fantastic warzone blog also has a good article: https://www.twz.com/the-monstrous-hel... Secret Projects thread with some images I'd not seen before: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thre... Patents (helistat & hog) https://patents.google.com/patent/US3... https://patents.google.com/patent/US3... Asbury Park Press, Apr 16, 1989 Birmingham Post-Herald Jul 02, 1986 Asbury Park Press, Apr 01, 1984 The Ann Arbor News Jul 02, 1986 The Morning Union, Jul 03, 1986 Asbury Park Press, Nov 29, 1988 The Akron Beacon Journal, Feb 07, 1982 The Star-Ledger, Aug 22, 1982 Asbury Park Press, Jan 18, 1987 The Oregonian, Jan 25, 1983 New York Times, Nov 1983 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan 06, 1983 Alabama Journal, Mar 15, 1984 Philadelphia Daily News, Mar 19, 1984 The Oregonian, Feb 28, 1983 Press of Atlantic City, Jan 19, 1980 Messenger-Inquirer, Jan 24, 1982 The Star-Ledger, Aug 22, 1982 San Antonio Light, Oct 24, 1982 The Star-Ledger, Aug 22, 1982 The Plain Dealer, May 22, 1983 The Oregonian, Jan 25, 1983 The Pensacola News, Jan 29, 1982 The Star-Ledger, Aug 22, 1982 he Sacramento Union, Jan 17, 1983 The Charlotte Observer, Jan 30, 1983 The Oregonian, Jan 25, 1983 Daily Press, Apr 15, 1986 The Sunday Oregonian, Jun 01, 1986 The Star-Ledger, Jun 08, 1986 Journal and Courier, Aug 23, 1986 I dont have the link to the FAA report but it's searchable on their website, I can send it to you if you get in contact. Videos from various sources - can be found on YouTube. 00:00 - Disaster 03:33 - Piasecki: The Helicopter Pioneer 05:10 - Combining Helicopters and Balloons 07:27 - The Helistat Comes to Life 10:00 - Thanks Novium! 11:47 - Development Delays 15:18 - Engineering Concerns 18:33 - Four Years (and millions of dollars) Later... 19:23 - Time is Running Out 22:00 - Disaster 27:24 - Gary Olshfski 28:47 - What Happened?