- Born
- Died
- Floyd William Carlson was born on May 4, 1917 in Jamestown, New York, USA. He was married to Evelyn. He died on April 9, 1984.
- SpouseEvelyn (3 children)
- Was chief pilot and director of flight operations at Bell Helicopter until 1971, when he became special projects engineer.
- In 1944 he made the first indoor helicopter flight in the USA, and only the second in the world.
- The 3rd person in the USA who was granted helicopter rating by the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
- Was a test pilot for Bell Aircraft Corp.
- Self-taught helicopter pilot.
- [remembering his pioneering days of the early 1940s] We did it the hard way. Not only did we design the helicopter, but we had to teach ourselves how to fly it, too.
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