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Oszkár Asboth, also rendered as Asbóth and Oskar (von) Asboth, (31 March 1891 in Pankota, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (today Pâncota, Romania) – 27 February 1960 in Budapest) was an ethnic Hungarian aviation engineer sometimes credited with the invention of the helicopter. His machine used stacked counterrotating propellers; Asboth never solved the problem of in-flight stability, this was left to others. He was born the son of Terézia Horváth and Gyula Asboth, a forester. He descended from Lajos Asbóth, known from the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence. He completed his secondary school education in Arad. From a youthful age, he began to explore the possibilities of human flight. After completing his studies, he worked as an aeronautical engineer in Arad, Szabadka and then in Vienna between 1909 and 1913. He built an experimental unmanned flying motorcycle-towed experimental airplane-like kite structure, with which he made several successful flights. In 1918, in Budapest, he married Hedvig Geyer. For his military service he was sent to the propeller development facility of Fischamend. During the First World War, he was involved in the selection of propellers for various aero engines. He had a clear understanding of the principles involved in propeller development and production and…