Boeing Vertol). Commonly called "the flying banana", it was a multi-mission helicopter, capable of being fitted with wheels, skis or floats. The H-21 was...
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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by Vertol and...
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Boeing CH-47 Chinook (redirect from Boeing-Vertol H-47 Chinook)
tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is...
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XHUM-1. 1948 Never Unknown Sikorsky H-19 Utility helicopter Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 1949 1950 1102 Vertol H-21 Cargo helicopter Piasecki Helicopter...
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Piasecki Helicopter (redirect from Vertol)
Helicopter was renamed Vertol Corporation in early 1956.: 257–8 Vertol was acquired by Boeing in 1960 and renamed Boeing Vertol. The Piasecki Helicopter...
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Westland Sea King HAS.41 Sikorsky Skycrane Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Vertol H-21 Shawnee Wallis Venom Westland Lynx HAS 88 Kamov Ka-29 Mil Mi-1 (DDR only)...
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multi-role 1990 47 helicopter Stinson L-5 Sentinel US reconnaissance 1953 retired 1958 35 Vertol H-21 Houo US multi-role 1959 retired 1971 12 helicopter...
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Canada. In 1958, it procured 7 additional Kawasaki Bell 47Gs and 12 Vertol H-21 Shawnees from the United States. Five years later, No. 503 Squadron Group...
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Saunders-Roe Skeeter 14 Bell 47G 26 Sikorsky H-34 28 Vertol H-21 26 Sud-Ouest SO 1221 Djinn. Bell 47G Sikorsky H-34 Vertol H-21 Sud-Ouest SO-1221 Djinn Additionally...
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List of aircraft (V) (section Vertol)
(Vertol Aircraft Corporation after name change from Piasecki Helicopter Corporation in 1955; United States) Vertol H-16 Vertol H-21 Shawnee Vertol H-25...
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Service ceiling: 15,600 ft (4,800 m) Related development Piasecki H-21 Piasecki H-25 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Yakovlev Yak-24...
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No. 440 Communications and Rescue Squadron with Douglas Dakotas and Vertol H-21 helicopters and redesignated as 440 Transport and Rescue Squadron in...
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Model 360 (1987) Boeing Vertol 107-II (1958) Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight (1960), military version of Vertol 107-II Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (1970s - not completed)...
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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight (Vertol Aircraft Corp.) Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook (Vertol Aircraft Corp.) Boeing Chinook (UK variants) Boeing Vertol YUH-61...
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Voodoo, a F-86 Sabre, a MiG 23, a CF-18 Hornet and helicopters such as a Vertol H-21 and a UH-1 Iroquois. It is one of four aviation museums in Quebec, along...
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assessment endorsed the acquisition of the Vertol 107M. On 20 February 1962, the Marines selected the Vertol 107M as the winner of the HRX competition...
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Piasecki HUP Retriever (redirect from Vertol H-25 Retriever)
with large sloping endplate fins on the horizontal stabilizers. Piasecki-Vertol designation was PV-14. 2 or 3 produced.[disputed – discuss] HUP-1 Utility...
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Boeing Vertol Company (April 1980). Heavy lift helicopter — Prototype technical summary (Report). OCLC 227450087. alternate url Little, B. H.; Poland...
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Aircraft, Grumman Aircraft, Boeing Vertol, and Bell Helicopter. R&D contracts were issued to Bell Helicopter and Boeing Vertol on 20 October 1972. The two companies'...
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(1919–1962) § H: Helicopter (1948–1962). H-46 Sea Knight – Boeing Vertol H-47 Chinook – Boeing Vertol H-48 – Bell (redesignated UH-1F) H-49 – Boeing Vertol (redesignated...
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Air Base, flying the Bell H-13 Sioux, Bristol Type 171 Sycamore, Aérospatiale Alouette II, Sikorsky S-58, and Vertol H-21 helicopters, as well as the...
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List of aircraft (Bf–Bo) (section Boeing-Vertol)
Boeing-Vertol 234 Boeing-Vertol 301 Boeing-Vertol 347 Boeing-Vertol 352 Boeing-Vertol 360 Boeing-Vertol 414 Boeing-Vertol H-46 Sea Knight Boeing-Vertol H-47...
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Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk (redirect from H-60 Sea Hawk)
Jayhawk Mitsubishi H-60 Piasecki X-49 Sikorsky S-92/CH-148 Cyclone Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing-Vertol YUH-61 Eurocopter...
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to its five S-55s in 1956; in 1958 the Boeing Vertol V-44, a 15-seat civil version of the Piasecki H-21, took over. In 1962 they transitioned to the tandem...
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thrust each Performance Maximum speed: 920 km/h (570 mph, 500 kn) Maximum speed: Mach 0.82 Cruise speed: 890 km/h (550 mph, 480 kn) / M0.8 Range: 7,600 km...
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USS Suribachi (redirect from USS Surabachi (AE-21))
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. In September 1992, a U.S. Navy Boeing-Vertol CH-46D Sea Knight experienced a mechanical failure during an ammunition...
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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey (redirect from Bell-Boeing Vertol V-22 Osprey)
Helicopter, Boeing Vertol, Grumman, Lockheed, and Westland. Contractors were encouraged to form teams. Bell partnered with Boeing Vertol to submit a proposal...
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them. Hence, a fleet of new light rail vehicles was ordered from Boeing-Vertol, but were not delivered until 1979–80, even though the tunnel was completed...
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52-0099 North American T-6G Texan JG-0001 Sikorsky H-19C Chickasaw 50002/JG-0002 Piasecki H-21/Vertol V44A 25-5856 Fuji T-1 53-5025 Stinson L-5 Sentinel...
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Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (category Sikorsky H-53)
(HH(X)) competition begun in 1962. Sikorsky's S-65 was selected over Boeing Vertol's modified CH-47 Chinook version. The prototype YCH-53A first flew on 14...
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