Vertical Takeoff

Shortly after Carl Agar and partners Barney Bent and Alf Stringer bought a helicopter for a planned orchard-spraying business in July 1947, Agar flew the chopper into a power line. A rocky start, indeed, but the abrupt halt to its first season in the air didn’t mark the final days of this B.C. high-flyer. more...

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