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Prvý zdokumentovaný pilot vrtuľníka na svete bol Paul Cornu, francúzsky vynálezca. Stroj zhotovil sám a prevažne z častí bicykla. Dňa 13. novembra 1907 sa posadil za riadenie a vzniesol sa na 20 sekúnd do výšky 30 centimetrov. Pri ďalších pokusoch sa mu podarilo dosiahnuť závratnú výšku 2 metre. Vedeli ste, že tohto Francúza predsa len niekto predbehol? Mnohých z vás iste napadlo meno Leonardo Da Vinci, o ktorom je známe, že zhotovil nákres lietajúceho stroja, ktorý by sme mohli pomenovať vrtuľník, avšak neexistuje záznam o tom, že by ho niekedy zostrojil a fungoval.
Písal sa rok 1856, keď sa vo Zvolenskej Slatine narodil Ján Bahýľ. Postupne vyštudoval Banskú akadémiu v Banskej Štiavnici, následne si odkrútil vojenskú službu, počas ktorej vyhotovil niekoľko návrhov na technické zlepšenie uhorskej armády, vďaka čomu sa dostal na vojenskú akadémiu vo Viedni. Potom sa v rámci armády venoval stavebným a technickým vylepšeniam vojenských objektov a opevnení.
V roku 1894 vypracoval návrh konštrukcie vrtuľníka s ručným pohonom. Po technických problémoch ho prepracoval a od cisára Františka Jozefa I. dostal 13. augusta 1895 patentnú listinu č. 3392. Jeho hlavná myšlienka bola konštrukcia vrtuľníka s dvoma stupňami štvorlistových ružíc s motorickým pohonom na benzín. Termín realizácie však nebol dodržaný.
Konštrukčne zlepšený vrtuľník postavil "až" roku 1901, na ktorom sa vzniesol viackrát do výšky pol metra. V roku 1903 sa vzniesol do výšky 1,5 m a 5. mája 1905 sa vynálezca Ján Bahýľ na svojom stroji vzniesol v Bratislave do výšky 4 metrov a preletel 1500 m. Tento pokus zaprotokolovala aj Medzinárodná vzduchoplavebná organizácia. Predbehol tak vyššie spomínaného Cornua zhruba o 2 roky, avšak vďaka nedodržaným termínom realizácie a následným administratívnym problémom s tým spojených nie je vo svete jeho prvenstvo všeobecne uznávané. Vrtuľník však nebol jediný Bahýľov úspech!
V rozpätí rokov 1880-1890 pôsobil v Charkove, Petrohrade a Kyjeve. V tomto období sa mu podarilo zostrojiť a následne aj patentovať prvý parný tank, ktorý úspešne otestoval pred zrakmi zástupcov ruskej armády. Tá následne vynález odkúpila. V roku 1894 zostrojil vznášacie balóny kombinované so vzdušnou turbínou, ktoré úspešne vyskúšal a tak isto na ne dostal patenty. Spoločne s Antonom Marschallom zostrojili prvý automobil s benzínovým pohonom na Slovensku (1895 - 1897). Medzi jeho významné patenty patrí taktiež zariadenie na spájanie vagónov, vynález výťahu na Bratislavskom hrade, vložka do kachlí na lepšie využitie paliva či patent na využitie spádu kanalizačnej siete na výrobu elektrickej energie.
Osobnosť a dielo Jána Bahýľa pripomína aj Cena Jána Bahýľa, ktorú udeľuje predseda Úradu priemyselného vlastníctva. Ministerstvo dopravy, spojov a verejných prác vydalo dňa 20. 4. 1995 príležitostnú poštovú známku "Ján Bahýľ" zo série Osobnosti v nominálnej hodnote 6 Sk.
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