Étienne Edmond Œhmichen experimental helicopter, Valertigney, France (1921)
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Étienne Edmond Œhmichen (1884-1955) was a French engineer and helicopter designer.
He was also something of an innovator, patenting the first electric stroboscope (instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary) and designing a camera that shoot 1,000 frames per second.
Œhmichen was also a biologist and dealt with the principle function of insect wings, especially dragonflies, and this may explain his forays into flying.
He was also something of an innovator, patenting the first electric stroboscope (instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary) and designing a camera that shoot 1,000 frames per second.
Œhmichen was also a biologist and dealt with the principle function of insect wings, especially dragonflies, and this may explain his forays into flying.