Hiller Comet #189
Hiller Industries, San Francisco CA

This is one of approximately 500 models produced by Hiller. The company's founder, Stanley Hiller Jr. was 17 years old when he founded his company that would later produce helicopters under the same name. Hiller was interested in producing tether racers with stamped parts so they could be manufactured assembly line style. 

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​Gifted by Eric Zausner's EZ Spindizzy Foundation