Air International 1996-04 / F.Colucci - Kaman's 'Copters

During the period 1954 to 1962, Kaman developed and tested the K-16B tilt-wing VTOL research vehicle for the US Navy. It was based on the Grumman Goose amphibian, with two Lycoming T53-L-2 turbines, each driving a rotor through reduction gearing.