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The R-4 was the world's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first helicopter used by the United States Army Air Forces, [1] the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. In U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard service, the helicopter was known as the Sikorsky HNS-1.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67, Federal Aviation Administration General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 4 passengers Length: 27 ft 9.5 in (8.471 m) fuselage Width: 4 ft 4 in (1.32 m) fuselage Height: 9 ft 3.5 in (2.832 m) Empty weight: 1,370 lb (621 kg) Max takeoff weight: 2,750 lb (1,247 kg) Fuel capacity: 69 US gal (57 imp gal; 261 L) internal fuel, with provision for ...
The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) EC120 Colibri ("hummingbird") is a five-seat, single-engine, light utility helicopter.Jointly designed and developed by Eurocopter, China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (), Harbin Aviation Industries (Group) Ltd (HAIG) and Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (STAero) at Eurocopter France's Marignane facility, the EC120B was ...
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1994-95 General characteristics Length: 15.00 m (49 ft 2.5 in) Height: 4.30 m (14 ft 1.25 in) Powerplant: 2 × Mitsubishi MG-5 Turboshaft, 447 kW (600 hp) each References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mitsubishi helicopters. Notes ^ a b Lambert 1994, p. 236 Bibliography Lambert, Mark, ed. (1994). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1994-95 ...
The Bell UH-1N Twin Huey is a medium military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Bell Helicopter.It is a member of the extensive Huey family, the initial version was the CUH-1N Twin Huey (later CH-135 Twin Huey), which was first ordered by the Canadian Forces in 1968.
Piasecki H-21 cockpit. Piasecki Helicopter designed and successfully sold to the United States Navy a series of tandem rotor helicopters, starting with the HRP-1 of 1944. The HRP-1 was nicknamed the "flying banana" because of the upward angle of the aft fuselage, which ensured that the large rotors could not strike the fuselage in any flight attitude.
The 47 became the first helicopter certified for civilian use on 8 March 1946. [1] [2] The first civilian delivery was made on 31 December 1946 to Helicopter Air Transport. [3] More than 5,600 Bell 47s were produced, including those under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom.
The Bell 212 (also known as the Bell Two-Twelve) is a two-blade, twin-engine, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada in 1988, along with all Bell commercial helicopter production after that plant opened in 1986.