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Remember the Jaycopter
Next RWF Meeting by Bob Petite
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November 28 , 2018 How many Albertans
at the Cathedral Neighborhood Centre remember the Jaycopter
that used to be on
display near the
Municipal Airport on
Kingsway Avenue in
Edmonton during the
1960s and early 1970s?
Edmontonian Peter Jacobs came up with the unique
design and construction of a two-place electric
motor-powered flying helicopter simulator calling the
CBAA’s Canadian Pavilion prototype the Jaycopter. The private company was
first incorporated on June 1, 1959. Working with his
NBAA 2018 – October 16-18, Orlando, FL brother Leopold, they formed Jaycopters Ltd. and
constructed the first helicopter attached to a boom
We are pleased to offer our members exclusive space at with a weight on the other end in the mid-1950s. The
the CBAA Canadian Pavilion at NBAA BACE 2018 October helicopter was attached to a swivel joint and was able
16-18 in Orlando, FL.
to fly in any direction similar to an actual rotary-wing
Connect with the international business aviation aircraft. The helicopter could take off and land with
community and showcase your products and services, little lift. It was able to reach a height of seventy-six
with the marketing and logistics support of the CBAA. feet. Jacobs patented his aircraft in Canada during
1958 and in the USA in 1959. Leo Jacobs was the first
person to fly the Jaycopter in only 15 hours of self-
training and found it very easy to control and fly. Pete
Jacobs eventually demonstrated his invention to the
RCAF in Ottawa, Ontario. Soon there was interest in
the Jaycopter in the USA, Toronto, Vancouver, and
overseas in England. Jacobs formed a subsidiary
company in 1959 called Jaycopters Recreation Ltd. to
build amusement park 8 to 16 passenger carrying
models.
