{"id":"95zaqoa","internal_id":"a18c414e-c15a-4a36-b0ff-98604dbb00a7","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/6ukvryi/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/95zaqoa"},"title":"Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO) chalk concept sketch","additional_title":[],"format":["image"],"genre":["Drawings"],"medium":[],"extent":["21.6 cm W x 28 cm H"],"language":["English"],"provenance":"","subject":["Stanford Research Institute","Shoulders, Kenneth R.","Inventions","Scientific apparatus and instruments"],"department":"Archives","series_arrangement":["Series II. Subject Files"],"rights":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/","rights_holder":"","digitization_funder":"","file_creator":"Auerbach, Jahna","description":"Sketch by Kenneth R. Shoulders (1927-2013) of a component for a Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO), one of two solo aircraft Shoulders designed while at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).  HERO was conceived as a wearable or solo-operated compact aerial device intended for military escape and rescue operations. The HERO concept never reached mass production or commercial viability.","description_html":"<p>Sketch by Kenneth R. Shoulders (1927-2013) of a component for a Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO), one of two solo aircraft Shoulders designed while at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).  HERO was conceived as a wearable or solo-operated compact aerial device intended for military escape and rescue operations. The HERO concept never reached mass production or commercial viability.</p>","published_at":"2026-10-29T15:33:57Z","updated_at":"2026-10-29T15:40:07Z","creator":[{"category":"author","value":"Shoulders, Kenneth R."}],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1960","start_qualifier":"decade","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"1960s"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"California"}],"inscription":[],"related_link":[{"url":"https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-frontiersman/","category":"institute_article","label":"The Frontiersman"}],"additional_credit":[],"physical_container":{"box":"2","folder":"29","volume":"","part":"","page":"","shelfmark":"","reel":"","formatted":"Box 2, Folder 29"}}