It's been awhile, but I'll give it a whirl...
I've never seen these pictures, but people float ideas like this a lot in the helo field. They're called compound helos and are an attempt to get around the limited speed of conventional helos. The most famous of compound helos is probably the Cheyenne. The rudder of the ducted tail section would provide anti-torque forces, but at high speeds would push the helo, with the large wings producing lift that the rotors would no longer be giving due to their limitations. However, at low speeds and hover, the wings are just more dead weight. But, at high speeds the rotor becomes dead weight. Just one attempt to try and get around some of the helos inheirent limits.
Sikorsky was toying with an idea called RVR a few years ago to try and increase the top speed of helos and reduce the need for duplicity found in a compound helo. The rotor would have a reduced speed, but would be produce lift in both advancing and retreating stages. When fitted with pusher engines, it would increase the top speed without the need of a wing, but would suffer from several low speed handicaps.
RVR:
http://www.unicopter.com/1281.html
Cheyenne: