{"id":"kol5qth","internal_id":"f0433c91-fafd-47e6-8e65-6c61ca49f29d","links":{"img_thumbnail":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/syqyr9o/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline","html_self":"https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/kol5qth"},"title":"Description of portable Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (Hero)","additional_title":[],"format":["image","text"],"genre":["Records (Documents)","Charts, diagrams, etc"],"medium":[],"extent":["21.6 cm W x 28 cm H"],"language":["English"],"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":"Report written by Kenneth R. Shoulders (1927-2013) for a military-focused Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO), one of two solo aircraft Shoulders designed while at 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>Report written by Kenneth R. Shoulders (1927-2013) for a military-focused Helicopter Escape and Rescue Outfit (HERO), one of two solo aircraft Shoulders designed while at 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":"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":"29","volume":"","part":"","page":"","shelfmark":"","reel":"","formatted":"Box 2, Folder 29"}}