Caption Contest #59 Winner - Carpool Edition

 This winning caption from Folker Krentz is especially funny to me because the reference to Mr Sikorsky is actually out of place since this is really the Bell Model 30 helicopter. No worries tho, and there's no doubt it's a better caption using Sikorsky instead of Bell. So, it's a bacon sandwich at OSH11 for the winner! And, the amazing Oshkosh event will be here pretty soon (yay!) - so we'll probably only have one more caption contest before I'll have to start stocking up on the magical meat candy that will make so many people happy during the world's greatest aviation event. Details on the official AirPigz Bacon Parties at Oshkosh 2011 will be posted soon.

 The caption picture this time around is pretty amazing. This is the third prototype of the Bell Model 30, and as you can see, it was a pretty impressive performer. My research indicates it was probably powered by a 160 hp Franklin engine, and it may have had solid-wood main and tail rotor blades like the first Model 30 did. And there's a total of seven people off the ground in this picture! Amazing stuff for 1945. The third version of the Model 30 was such a good flying machine that it soon morphed into the iconic Bell 47 introduced in 1946.

 I also hope the insurance company for Bell Helicopters never saw what the guys were doing to test load carrying capacity!