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30-583: The Hiller Museum identifies the YH-32A, named the Sally Rand , as the first helicopter gunship . The Hiller HOE-1 became the first production ramjet helicopter, and the Army and Navy flew a small number of these aircraft for a short time to test and evaluate the technology. The Hiller HJ-1 Hornet was an early attempt to build a jet-powered helicopter using ramjets. Before that there had been experiments with

60-406: A fan dance performance and while riding a white horse down the streets of Chicago, where the nudity was only an illusion, and again after being bodypainted by Max Factor Sr. with his new makeup formulated for Hollywood films . She was convicted of willfully performing an obscene and indecent dance in a public place on September 23, 1933 but was allowed to continue performing at World's Fair, and

90-460: A night of the trial while performing her act, despite her immunity and the fact that she was wearing long underwear and a note that read "CENSORED. S.F.P.D. " that time. In an unusual move, the judge viewed her performance at the Savoy and cleared her of all charges after deeming that "anyone who could find something lewd about the dance as she puts it on has to have a perverted idea of morals". In

120-633: A then-unknown Humphrey Bogart . During the 1920s, she acted on stage and appeared in silent films. Cecil B. DeMille gave her the name Sally Rand , inspired by a Rand McNally atlas. She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1927. After the introduction of sound films, she became a dancer, known for the fan dance, which she popularized starting at the Paramount Club, at 15 E. Huron, in Chicago. Her most famous appearance

150-541: Is that the play misdirected the defense, or in other words, like the dancer herself, the offense was showing more than they actually had. The name migrated to Canada, where a " naked bootleg " became known as a "Sally Rand" and was used to great effect by the BC Lions . Ringling Brothers Circus Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows is a circus founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin , United States in 1884 by five of

180-693: The Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco in 1939 and 1940. To advertise for her upcoming Treasure Island Nude Ranch, she organized a stunt on February 17, 1939, wherein lingerie clad women on horses rode down Market Street in downtown San Francisco. Rand took an interest in flying due in part to her brief relationship with Charles Lindbergh . By 1923, Rand had learned to fly, and she would later receive her pilot's license. Rand often flew herself to her performances. On August 1, 1939, she reportedly broke

210-567: The XH-26 Jet Jeep tip rotor pulse jets. The HJ-1 ramjet tipped rotor propels the rotor and the aircraft. Unlike a conventional helicopter, this mechanically simple design avoids the need for a tail rotor. Unfortunately, the tip speeds on helicopter rotor blades are subsonic, and ramjets are inefficient at subsonic speeds due to low compression ratio of the inlets. Therefore, the Hornet suffered from high fuel consumption and poor range. Also,

240-540: The "Ringling Bros. United Monster Shows, Great Double Circus, Royal European Menagerie, Museum, Caravan, and Congress of Trained Animals." In 1906, Bailey died, which led to the Ringlings taking over Forepaugh–Sells, which continued to operate separately. In October 1907, the stockholders of Barnum and Bailey Ltd. approved the sale of the circus to the Ringlings. Due to declining audiences, the Spanish flu pandemic and

270-522: The Barnum & Bailey Circus, merging them in 1919 to become Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , promoted as The Greatest Show on Earth . Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey closed on May 21, 2017, following weakening attendance and high operating costs. After a six-year hiatus a newly designed production was launched in Bossier City, Louisiana September 28, 2023. The two-year tour

300-555: The Chicago History Museum. Rand once replaced Ann Corio in the stage show This Was Burlesque , appeared at the Mitchell Brothers club in San Francisco in the early 1970s and toured as one of the stars of the 1972 nostalgia revue Big Show of 1928 , which played major concert venues, including New York's Madison Square Garden . Describing her 40-year career, Rand said, "I haven’t been out of work since

330-564: The U.S. Army's DRC to be evaluated in one of their contests involving the research and development of a light weight, air droppable helicopter for air rescue and reconnaissance, and for a portable, easily put together, and fuel efficient 1 man observation and transport copter. It was competing against the Jet Jeep and its pulse jets. Overall the YH-32 won out over the Jet Jeep, but the concept

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360-487: The afternoon performances." The tour was across Oklahoma and Texas, then west toward Washington before returning east. She refused to divulge her age to reporters at the time, but was known to be approaching 50. Rand was the mystery guest on the December 28, 1952, episode of What's My Line? . Her identity was correctly solved by panelist Robert Q. Lewis . She appeared on television on March 12, 1957, in episode 13 of

390-549: The attention of James Anthony Bailey of Barnum & Bailey . The brothers later met with Bailey and agreed to divide some territory. This was followed by the purchase of a half share of the Adam Forepaugh Sells Brothers Circus from Bailey. Bailey, under the area division, prohibited the Ringlings from playing at Madison Square Garden , a location it was the brothers' ambition to perform at. In 1887 Ringling Circus changed its official title to

420-643: The conviction was overturned in November of 1934. She also conceived the bubble dance, in part to cope with wind while performing outdoors. She performed the fan dance on film in Bolero , released in 1934. She performed the bubble dance in the film Sunset Murder Case (1938). In 1936, she purchased The Music Box burlesque hall in San Francisco, which later became the Great American Music Hall . She starred in "Sally Rand's Nude Ranch" at

450-561: The day I took my pants off." Rand died on August 31, 1979, at Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, in Glendora, California , aged 75, from congestive heart failure. She was deeply in debt at her death. Rand's adopted son told an interviewer that Sammy Davis Jr. stepped in and wrote a $ 10,000 check, which took care of Rand's expenses. Football coaches at the University of Delaware named a football play after Sally Rand. One explanation

480-414: The dirt buildup in the creases around her neck.” She was arrested twice in San Francisco in 1946; while performing at Club Savoy , she was arrested by six police officers in the audience as she danced, seemingly nude, in silhouette behind a large white fan; the judge, Daniel R. Shoemaker, granted her immunity should she be arrested for the same offense while on trial; however she was arrested during

510-465: The early 1950s, she was traveling with a 17-member troupe around the Midwest, appearing at state fairs and small theaters. Edith Dahl accompanied Rand's famous fan dance, the finale of the show, on the violin and "cracked a few jokes". According to local newspaper accounts, Rand's large white feathered fans acted as "a guard to keep too much of mother nature from showing." "Smutty jokes" were at minimum in

540-512: The first season of To Tell the Truth with host Bud Collyer and panelists Polly Bergen , Ralph Bellamy , Kitty Carlisle , and Carl Reiner . She did not "stump the panel", but was correctly identified by all four panelists (she was introduced as Helen Beck, her birth name). She continued to appear on stage doing her fan dance into the 1970s. While performing at Mangam’s Chateau in suburban Chicago in 1966, she donated two of her feather fans to

570-470: The name Billie Beck . Rand got her start as a chorus girl before working as an acrobat and traveling theater performer. Her career spanned more than forty years, appearing on stage, screen and in television. Through her career she worked alongside Humphrey Bogart , Karl Malden , and Cecil B. De Mille . She was a trained pilot and briefly dated Charles Lindbergh . Rand was born in the village of Elkton , Hickory County, Missouri . Her father, William Beck,

600-573: The next year, the brothers toured the Northwest. After the Northwest tour, they used the money earned for suits. They expanded their acts into a one ring show in 1884. The show added a trick horse and a bear at the end of the season. The circus started traveling by trains in 1888 allowing the show to consistently expand. The Ringlings acquired the Yankee Robinson Circus and opened a joint show on May 19, 1884. This brought them to

630-464: The point that he forgot his own lines during a performance. “Her burlesque days were written all over her, especially in her hygiene habits,” wrote Malden in his memoirs. “One could assume she rarely bathed, and the college kids who cleaned the rooms at the playhouse confirmed that the tub was never used. Instead, she just kept dousing herself with perfume and shoveling on the makeup, layer upon layer, until it began to cake and separate so that you could see

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660-696: The seven Ringling brothers : Albert, August, Otto , Alfred T., Charles , John , and Henry. The Ringling brothers were sons of a German immigrant, August Frederick Rüngeling, who changed his name to Ringling once he settled in America. Four brothers were born in McGregor, Iowa: Alf T., Charles, John and Henry. The Ringling family lived in McGregor, Iowa, for twelve years, from 1860 until 1872. The family then lived in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and moved to Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1875. In 1907 Ringling Bros. acquired

690-557: The speed record for a light plane flight she made from San Francisco to Reno, completing the trip in 1 hour and 54 minutes. In the early 1940s, Rand did summer stock in Woodstock, New York . She signed on to star in Rain and Little Foxes whose cast also included Karl Malden . He remembered being stressed that she was unprepared and seemed to care more about her costumes than learning her lines, costumes which he admitted were dazzling to

720-418: The vehicle suffered from low translational speeds, and the ramjet tips were extremely noisy. In the event of power loss, autorotation was found to be difficult due to the drag from the ramjet nacelles . The vehicle exhibited powerful lifting capacity, and there was some hope for military uses, but the high noise, poor range, and high night-time visibility of the ramjet flames failed to attract sales. The HJ-1

750-717: Was Goodman Ace , a drama critic for the Kansas City Journal , who saw her performing in a Kansas City nightclub and wrote glowing reviews. After studying ballet and drama in Kansas City, the teenaged Helen decided her future lay in Hollywood . For a short time, as she worked her way to the west coast, she was employed as an acrobat in the Ringling Brothers Circus . She also performed in summer stock and traveling theater, including working with

780-400: Was a West Point graduate and retired U.S. Army colonel, while her mother, Nettie (Grove) Beck, was a school teacher and part-time newspaper correspondent. The family moved to Jackson County, Missouri while she was still in grade school. Helen started on the stage quite early, working as a chorus girl at Kansas City 's Empress Theater when she was only 13. An early supporter of her talent

810-477: Was at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair , known as the Century of Progress , accompanied by her backing orchestra, directed by Art Frasik. She would play peek-a-boo with her body by manipulating her fans in the front and behind her, like a winged bird as she swooped and twirled on the stage, usually to "Clair de Lune" . She was arrested four times in a single day during the fair due to perceived indecent exposure after

840-532: Was booked into 50 cities, but without any animals. In 1882, before the Ringling brothers created their first circus, the five brothers performed skits and juggling routines in town halls around the state of Wisconsin. Their first show was on November 27, 1882, in Mazomanie, Wisconsin . They called this the "Ringling Bros. Variety Performance" when they took the show to the next town. With two wandering performers

870-549: Was considered obsolete, and later the program was canceled. Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 General characteristics Performance Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Related lists Sally Rand Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck ; April 3, 1904 – August 31, 1979) was an American burlesque dancer , vedette , and actress, famous for her ostrich-feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance . She also performed under

900-751: Was evaluated by the United States Army as the YH-32 , and the United States Navy as the XHOE-1 . In 1957 two YH-32s were modified as the YH-32A for trials as armed helicopters. All the fibreglass cockpit fairings were removed and the tail was modified. The tests were successful in proving the viability of the helicopter as a weapons platform, but due to marginal performance, no further conversions or orders were placed. Also, versions were sent to

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