Bloomfield, Conn., Company Looks Back on Contribution to Helicopter Flight.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: June 29, 2003 | Copyright information

By Paul Marks, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 29--Looking back more than half a century, Charles H. Kaman recalled how his young company transformed helicopter flight by improving reliability and letting the inherently unstable craft fly higher than ever.

Kaman Corp., based in Bloomfield, was first to incorporate the jet-powered gas turbine engine into a helicopter.

With a sly smile, Kaman snapped his fingers to emphasize the moment of revelation, which came during a visit with friends in the Navy's Office of Naval Research ...

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