Hiller Flying Platform

Here are a series of videos that are mainly played in our gallery alongside exhibits, but we wanted patrons unable to visit the museum on a regular basis the chance to access them at a moment's notice. Enjoy!

[@weirdbeard63]

Sears sold a toy version of the Hiller Flying Platform in their 1957 Christmas catalog. It had a real one cylinder engine that used canned fuel. The toy was 7.5 inches tall including the pilot figure. It could take off vertically, hover and circle.

[@HillerAviationMuseum]

Very cool!

[@coreybell6297]

Indeed

[@rawbacon]

I want one.

[@crichey1000]

Hey! What happened to this exhibit?

[@Josephprouse1234]

Damn why won’t my flying car start… oh, I forgot to prime it

[@grahammilburn4438]

made for vietnam for snipers

[@googleuser6916]

What happened to this? This could’ve been good for war

[@googleuser6916]

Imagine you’re a Vietcong soldier moving through a field and see this flying at you with machine guns. Could’ve shaped the war differently back then.

[@gabrielbennett5162]

It was very slow. Top forward speed was only about 16 mph. Plus the pilot would be very exposed and easily targeted by sniper fire.

[@notyou2353]

No. It would've been horrible for war.

[@weirdbeard63]

It looks like the guy is yanking a pull cord to start the thing. 2:22 That's high technology worthy of the taxpayer's investment.