July 21, 20197 yr comment_51386 Sikorsky is headquartered about 20 minutes from me. So I have a lot of hometown pride. My brother and I got an amazing tour of the Sikorsky headquarters 4 years back, and we got to see their Black Hawk and Seahawk production line. My brother had done something for Sikorsky through his role as a college professor, so the tour was a thank you, and I was his +1. It was an amazing time. Either way, we were lucky enough to have visited the facility on the same day that the S-97 performed it's first flight test (22 May 2015). The S-97 was in West Palm Beach, Florida. So, nowhere near us. But they announced it over the loudspeaker while we were there and everyone was super psyched. It was a very cool moment. Report
July 21, 20197 yr comment_51395 The physics of that thing is amazing. At 2:09 you can see the rear propellor stop as the ship goes to level hover. Report
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