 | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1940 |
| Founders | Frank Piasecki |
| Defunct | 1960 |
| Fate | acquired by Boeing |
| Successor | Boeing Vertol |
| Headquarters | |
The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation was a designer and manufacturer of helicopters in Philadelphia and nearby Morton, Pennsylvania, in the late 1940s and the 1950s.[1] Its founder, Frank Piasecki, was ousted in 1956 and started a new company, Piasecki Aircraft. Piasecki Helicopter was renamed Vertol Corporation in early 1956.[2]: 257–8 Vertol was acquired by Boeing in 1960 and renamed Boeing Vertol.
- ^ "Tandem Twosome". Vertical Magazine. February–March 2007.
- ^ Trimble, William F. (1982). High Frontier: A History of Aeronautics in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-82295-340-1.