Rotorcraft
Third-largest Monetary Prize in Aviation History Awarded
Record-breaking human-powered AeroVelo Atlas helicopter flown by Todd Reichert on June 13, 2013. Photo provided by AeroVelo
Record-breaking human-powered AeroVelo Atlas helicopter flown by Todd Reichert on June 13, 2013. Photo provided by AeroVelo

On June 13, Todd Reichert and the AeroVelo team (mostly students at the University of Toronto) entered the history books, winning the American Helicopter Society’s Igor I. Sikorsky Human-Powered Helicopter Competition. The competition requires flying above three meters for at least one minute within a 10- by 10-meter space.

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