Ewald Rohlfs (1911 Bremen, Germany - 1984) was a test pilot.
In June 1936 Rohlfs made the first flight of a helicopter, the Focke-Wulf Fw 61. [1] One year later he took the helicopter to an altitude of 1,130 feet (344 m) and then idled the engine. using its spinning rotors to descend safely to the ground.
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