![]() ![]() The UH-12 held origins in the company Model 360 and saw a first flight in 1948. Among his early developments (now under the "United Helicopters" name) included the UH-4 "Commuter" and the UH-5B "Rotormatic" which led to the single-seat UH-12 light utility helicopter of the late 1940s. Hiller headed the first helicopter factory in the world out of Berkeley, California. Indeed his first coaxial helicopter design was completed at age 15 and his XH-44 impressed the US Army at age 17. The company carried the surname of Stanley Hiller (1924-2006) whose provided much of the early work in the field of helicopter flight. Hiller Aircraft began during World War 2 in 1942 under the operating name of Hiller Industries.
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