{"id":"cd4zcr6","internal_id":"21c0be4a-640e-414a-a985-6505270ef7ff","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/lw8f4p4/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cd4zcr6"},"title":"Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO) Sketches","additional_title":[],"format":["image"],"genre":["Drawings"],"medium":[],"extent":["21.6 cm W x 28 cm H (and smaller)"],"language":[],"provenance":"","subject":["Shoulders, Kenneth R.","Inventions","Scientific apparatus and instruments","Stanford Research Institute"],"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":"Concept sketches of a one-man portable Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO), drawn by Kenneth R. Shoulders.  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>Concept sketches of a one-man portable Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO), drawn by Kenneth R. Shoulders.  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":"creator_of_work","value":"Shoulders, Kenneth R."}],"date_of_work":[{"start":"1960","start_qualifier":"decade","finish":"","finish_qualifier":"","note":"","formatted":"1960s"}],"place":[{"category":"place_of_creation","value":"United States"}],"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":"28","volume":"","part":"","page":"","shelfmark":"","reel":"","formatted":"Box 2, Folder 28"}}