Eufaula, Alabama. Eufaula is the largest city in Barbour County, Alabama, United States.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452â1519) is generally credited with inventing the helicopter, but the first practical design was developed only in the 1930s by Russian-born Igor Sikorsky (1889â1972). Today, typical uses for helicopters include military transportation and air-sea rescue.eonardo da Vinci (1452â1519) is generally credited with inventing the helicopter, but the first practical design was developed only in the 1930s by Russian-born Igor Sikorsky (1889â1972). Today, typical uses for helicopters include military transportation and air-sea rescue.
In the United States, Russian-born engineer Igor Sikorsky and W. Lawrence LePage competed to produce the U.S. military's first helicopter. LePage received the patent rights to develop helicopters patterned after the Fw 61, and built the XR-1.