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Inventions of the 1930s - Episode 306

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The World's First Practical Helicopter

The VS 300 was the world's first practical helicopter, built in 1939. The R and AR used for radio were coined by the U.S. Signal Corps back in 1939. radar is radio detection and ranging; there you go.

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