what year was the helicopter invented
1896 The helicopter was first invented in 1907.   1900 The firs â¦ t helicopter was made in 1939 be Igor Sikorsky the model was a VS-300. Experimental helicopters existed in the 1920s. The first unit designated practical military helicopters used in combat was the Korean War (1950-53).n the 1400's Leonardo invented the idea of a helicopter. In 1906 Paul Cornu got a helicopter to hover 3 feet off the ground, but it would not go anywhere. In the 1940's â¦ Igor Sikorsky invented a helicopter that would safely fly and hover.