Charles Huron Kaman (/ k ə ˈ m ɑː n / kə-MAHN; June 15, 1919 – January 31, 2011) [1] was an American aeronautical engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist, known for his work in rotary-wing flight [2] and also in musical instrument design via the Kaman Music Corporation.

Charles Huron Kaman was a 26-year-old engineer in 1945 when he founded Kaman Aircraft Company in the garage of his mother’s West Hartford, Connecticut home with $2,000 invested by two friends. He started the company to demonstrate a new rotor concept he devised to make helicopters stabler and easier to fly.

Feb 8, 2011 · KAMAN, Charles H. Charles Huron Kaman, one of the leading aviation pioneers of the 20th century and a great entrepreneur and humanitarian, died Monday, (January 31, 2011) in Bloomfield,...

Nov 13, 2020 · Charles Kaman, an inventor and aviation pioneer, managed to combine all of his passions in life (namely flying, music, and dogs) into successful business ventures. An inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Kaman received numerous awards during his lifetime, including the United States Department of Defense Public Service Medal and ...

Feb 3, 2011 · Charles H. Kaman, an innovator in the development and manufacture of helicopter technology and, following a wholly different passion, the inventor of one of the first electrically amplified...

Kaman Corporation / kəˈmɑːn / is an American aerospace company, with headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut. It was founded in 1945 by Charles Kaman. During the first ten years the company operated exclusively as a designer and manufacturer of several helicopters that set world records and achieved many aviation firsts.

Jan 31, 2011 · Charles H. Kaman has been a leading inventor and businessman in the helicopter industry for over 50 years. Kaman was born in 1919 and grew up in Washington, D.C. He earned a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from Catholic University, then went to work at Hamilton Standard, where he designed helicopter rotor blades for Igor Sikorsky.

Charlie Kaman, as he was affectionately known by so many, was a bona fide aviation pioneer and helicopters were his first love. He founded Kaman Aircraft Corporation in 1945 and went on to lead our company as CEO for an astounding fifty-five years.

Kaman’s helicopters and unmanned aerial systems fly civilian and military missions around the world, and serve a diverse range of industries, including firefighting, disaster relief, logging, powerline and ski lift construction, defense and emergency search and rescue.

Mar 26, 2013 · BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Charles Huron Kaman (keh-MAN'), an aviation pioneer who founded Kaman Aerospace Corp., has died. He was 91. The Bloomfield, Conn., company said Kaman died Monday.