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Bendix Helicopters, Inc. was the last company founded by prolific
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Vincent Bendix Vincent Hugo Bendix (August 12, 1881 – March 27, 1945) was an American inventor and industrialist. Vincent Bendix was a pioneer and leader in both the automotive and aviation industries during the 1920s and 1930s.''Vincent Bendix. Enshrine ...
, in 1943 in
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. Helis.com: Bendix Helicopters Inc.
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History

It built a 10,000 square foot factory for helicopter production on East Main Street in
Stratford, Connecticut Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. Stratford is in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled b ...
in 1945. Bendix created 3 prototypes that used a system of
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: Model K (1945), Model L and Model J (1946). Due to lack of sales and capital, in January 1947 the large factory building was sold to Manning, Maxwell and Moore, who were taken over by
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in 1964. In 1949, Bendix Helicopter was forced to close. In an auction the assets of the company were sold to the
Gyrodyne Company of America Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns, leases, and manages commercial properties along the Eastern Coast of the United States. Gyrodyne's headquarters are located in Saint James, New York, in Eastern Long ...
on Long Island in New York. Gyrodyne continued development of several helicopter models introduced by Bendix.


See also

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Bendix Trophy The Bendix Trophy is a U.S. aeronautical racing trophy. The transcontinental, point-to-point race, sponsored by industrialist Vincent Bendix founder of Bendix Corporation, began in 1931 as part of the National Air Races. Initial prize money for ...
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External links


Helis.com: History of Bendix Helicopters
Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United States Companies based in Stratford, Connecticut American companies established in 1943 Manufacturing companies established in 1943 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1949 1943 establishments in Connecticut 1949 disestablishments in Connecticut Defunct manufacturing companies based in Connecticut Honeywell Bendix Corporation {{Aero-company-stub