Private helicopter innovator Frank Robinson remembered as visionary

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Source: Robinson Helicopter Company

Pioneering helicopter engineer Frank Robinson – who greatly expanded access to rotorcraft by designing a series of light helicopters starting with the two-seat Robinson R22 – recently died in his home in Southern California. He was 92 years old. 

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