On December 13, 1948, a handful of operators and Art Fornoff, a representative from Bell Helicopter, met at the offices of A...F Helicopters in Burbank, California to form a helicopter association for collective benefit. Present at that historic first meeting were: Knute Flint, Harry Armstrong, Fred Bowen, and James Newcomb of AF Helicopters; Joseph G. Seward and Roy Falconer of Rotor-Aids;...