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Image: Adams-Farwell Gyro Motor Rotary 5

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Description: Designed and built by the Adams Company of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1907, this engine powered three, man-lifting experimental helicopters designed by Emile Berliner and flown in 1909 and 1910, and one designed by J. Newton Williams and flown in 1909. The engine was extremely light, and was ideal for vertical flight experiments
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