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Piasecki designed and successfully sold to the US Navy a series of Tandem Rotor helicopters, starting with the HRP-1 of 1944 . The HRP-1 was nicknamed the "flying banana" because of the upward angle of the aft fuselage that ensured the large rotors did not hit each other in flight. Piasecki Helicotor Corporation was acquired by The Boeing Company in 1960 and renamed to Boeing Vertol, it has become the Boeing Helicoptor Division ( Boeing Helicopters ) After the Boeing acquisition, Frank Piasecki reformed his company as Piasecki Aircraft Corporation ( PiAC ) to persue the development of compound helicopters and other rotorcraft. PiAC has been selected as prime contractor for several Army Future Combat Systems UAV systems. See also: Sikorsky Piasecki X-49 , UAV , Future Combat Systems EXTERNAL LINKS
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