The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company—Focke-Achgelis—in 1937. Only two aircraft were produced. The first prototype, the V 1 D-EBVU, had its first free flight on 26 June 1936 with Ewald Rohlfs at the controls. By early 1937, the second prototype, V 2 D-EKRA, was completed and flown for its first flight. On 10 May 1937, it accomplished its first autorotation landing with the engine turned off. In February 1938, the Fw 61 was demonstrated by Hanna Reitsch indoors at the Deutschlandhalle sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. On January 29th 1939 Carl Bode reached an altitude of 3,427 m (11,243 ft) with his Focke-Wulf Fw 61. This set a new helicopter world record. It subsequently set several records for altitude, speed and flight duration breaking the unofficial 605 m (1,985 ft) altitude record of the TsAGI 1-EA single lift-rotor helicopter from the Soviet Union set on 14 August 1932, and a straight-line flight record of 230 km (143 mi). We celebrate this feat with a Stamp in the honour of the FW61 …
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