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The aircraft fuselage is made from steel and aluminum tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 19.7 ft (6.0 m). Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 19.7 ft (6.0 m). The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 234 lb (106 kg) and a gross weight of 794 lb (360 kg), giving a useful load of 560 lb (254 kg).
Dragonfly HR.1 Air-sea search and rescue helicopter for the Royal Navy powered by a 540 hp (400 kW) Alvis 50 radial piston engine. 13 built, some modified later as HR.5s. Dragonfly HC.2 Casualty evacuation helicopter for the Royal Air Force similar to the commercial Mark 1A, 2 built and one-conversion from a civil Mark 1A. Dragonfly HR.3
The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 [a] and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327 [1]) is a helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.. It was used by the United States Air Force, and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard (with the designations HO2S and HO3S).
The Ryan YO-51 Dragonfly was an observation aircraft designed and built by Ryan Aeronautical for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A single-engined parasol wing monoplane, it was designed for optimum STOL capability, but although three prototypes proved highly successful in testing, the Stinson YO-49 was judged superior and no production contract was placed.
H-19 at National Museum of the United States Air Force, showing unusual mounting of engine. Major innovations implemented on the H-19 were the forward placement of the engine below the crew compartment and in front of the main cabin, the use of offset flapping hinges located nine inches (230 mm) from the center of the rotor, and the use of hydraulic servos for the main rotor controls.
One of these conversions, registration G-ANLW, was the first helicopter to land at the London Heliport on 8 April 1959, and later appeared in the 1971 film, When Eight Bells Toll. [ 2 ] In 1957, there was a plan to take up to 24 existing Fleet Air Arm Dragonflies to Dragonfly HC.7 standard (as the Naval Widgeon was to become) but this was ...
In 1965, the US also supplied four armed Sikorsky UH-19B helicopters, the first military helicopters in Central America. [2] In 1967 the FAG acquired five Bell UH-1B and UH-1D helicopters from the US to reinforce its helicopter force. [2] In 1971 the FAG received eight Cessna A-37 Dragonfly fighter-bombers, a Vietnam-proven light attack jet ...
The Rotorcraft XR-11, known by the company as the X-2 Dragonfly, was an American two-seat lightweight helicopter built in the 1940s for evaluation by the United States Air Force by the Rotorcraft Corporation of Glendale, California.