A rare and unusual old newspaper photograph of the mobile Church Army canteen (UK - founded in England in 1882 by the Rev Wilson Carlile) serving coffee to the to the pilot of a Sikorsky R4 Helicopter (The world's first mass produced helicopter) designed by Igor Sikorsky. It was called the Sikorsky HNS-1 in the USA and the Hoverfly in Britain.

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Size: 4724px × 3101px
Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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