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The Bell H-13 Sioux is an American single-engine light helicopter built by Bell Helicopter and manufactured by Westland Aircraft under license for the British military as the Sioux AH.1 and HT.2. It was the first helicopter to be certified for civil use.
N8010E – Bell 47H on static display at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. [62] [63] Unknown ID – On static display at the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center in West Chester, Pennsylvania. [64] It is a Bell 47D-1 that has converted to an H-13 and painted in "M*A*S*H"configuration.
Bell H-13 Sioux: Light observation helicopter Bell Aircraft Corporation: Bell 47 variant. 1945 1946 2407 Bell H-12: Military utility helicopter Bell Aircraft: Company Model 48: 1946 Never 13 [3] Kellett XR-10: Military transport helicopter Kellett Autogiro Corporation Prototype. Program canceled 1949. 1947 Never 2 Sikorsky S-52: Utility helicopter
Bell H-13 Sioux, an American helicopter; HMS H13, a H-class submarine ordered by but not commissioned into the Royal Navy; Lioré et Olivier LeO H-13, a French flying boat; LSWR H13 class, a British steam railcar
In March 1957 two Bell 47Js were bought by the United States Air Force as presidential transport and designated H-13J. [1] On 13 July 1957 a H-13J was the first helicopter used by a United States president when it carried Dwight D. Eisenhower from the White House. [1]
In response to criticisms over the rotorcraft's power, Bell quickly developed multiple models furnished with more powerful engines; in comparison to the prototype's Lycoming YT53-L-1 (LTC1B-1) engine, producing 700 shp (520 kW), by 1966, the Lycoming T53-L-13, capable of 1,400 shp (1,000 kW), was being installed on some models. A stretched ...
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Helicopters were frequently used as "air ambulances" during the Korean War, with the Bell H-13 serving as a predominant medical evacuation aircraft during the war. Military doctors stabilized wounded soldiers midair before getting them to a field hospital.