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    Piasecki X-49 "SpeedHawk" is an American four-bladed, twin-engined experimental high-speed compound helicopter developed by Piasecki Aircraft. The X-49A...
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  • 2016. "Company Overview of Piasecki Aircraft Corporation". Bloomburg. Retrieved 24 January 2016. "Piasecki X-49 SpeedHawk (United States)", Jane's Helicopter...
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    HH-60 Pave Hawk – (United States) Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk – (United States) Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk – (United States) Piasecki X-49 SpeedHawk – (United States)...
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    Apache was not proceeded with. This appears to be similar to the Piasecki X-49 SpeedHawk. In October 2018, Boeing began testing the AH-64E Block 2 Compound...
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    aircraft List of military aircraft of the United States For example, the Piasecki PA-97 For example, the NASA AD-1 and Bell XV-15 For example, the Northrop...
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  • X49 (redirect from X-49 (disambiguation))
    or X-49 may refer to: X49, airport code for South Lakeland Airport X-49, a fictional robot assassin in the animated series Samurai Jack Piasecki X-49 "Speedhawk"...
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  • Boeing X-49 SpeedHawkPiasecki X-50 Dragonfly – Boeing X-51 Waverider – Boeing X-52 – skipped X-53 – Boeing X-54 – Gulfstream (in development) X-55 –...
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    Sikorsky S-70 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk Mitsubishi H-60 Piasecki X-49 Sikorsky S-92/CH-148 Cyclone Aircraft...
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    The Piasecki entry was not selected for the Joint Multi-Role phase of the program. As of 2016[update], Piasecki has other funding to update the X-49, and...
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  • aircraft called the Transition and a flying car called the TF-X. The Transition and TF-X are designed to be able to fold their wings, enabling the vehicles...
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    the early versions of the Polikarpov I-16 fighter (as the M-25), and the Piasecki H-21 helicopter. The R-1820 also found limited use in armoured vehicles...
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    Defiant Sikorsky Raider X Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Eurocopter X³ Kamov Ka-92 Mil Mi-X1 Piasecki X-49 Related lists List of rotorcraft...
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    Prototype. Program canceled 2008. 2006 Never 4 Piasecki X-49 Experimental high-speed compound helicopter Piasecki Helicopter Prototype under development. 2007...
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    characteristics Crew: one Capacity: three passengers Wingspan: 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m) Height: 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) Empty weight: 1,524 lb (691 kg) Gross weight:...
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  • (1908–1968) – designer at Westland, English Electric, and Folland Frank Piasecki (1919–2008) – helicopter pioneer William Hayward Pickering (1910–2004)...
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    transport aimed at taking over the missions of the old piston-engined Piasecki H-21 and Sikorsky H-34 helicopters, and be consequently capable of carrying...
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    few hours. During the 1940s and 1950s, American rotorcraft manufacturer Piasecki Helicopter emerged as a pioneering developer of tandem-rotor helicopters;...
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    turboshaft engine, 425 shp (317 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 32 mph (51 km/h, 28 kn) Cruise speed: 25 mph (40 km/h, 22 kn) Service ceiling: 200 ft (61 m)...
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  • speed record of 715.35 mph (1,151.93 km/h). She will win the third of her four Harmon Trophies for the flight. Frank N. Piasecki forms the Piasecki Aircraft...
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  • Gross weight: 1,430 lb (649 kg)1.2kwh lithium battery Performance Maximum speed: 170 kn (200 mph, 320 km/h) Range: 460 nmi (530 mi, 850 km) 760 miles at...
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  • Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-010-X. Swanborough, Gordon; Peter, Bowers (1990). US Navy Aircraft Since 1911. Putnam...
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  • into the ground near Zurrieq, Malta, killing all 50 people on board. The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation is renamed Vertol Aircraft Corporation. The United...
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  • (2008), with a net worth of approximately $2.5 billion Frank Piasecki, founder of Piasecki Helicopter Company, inventor of dual-rotor helicopters Edward...
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    shores, resulting in HMX-1 and the acquisition of Sikorsky HO3S-1 and the Piasecki HRP-1 helicopters. Refining the concept for several years, Marines would...
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  • Boulevard Airport, Philadelphia, PA (company principals were formerly with Piasecki Co). 1951: Acquired by McCulloch Motors Co. 1957: Jovair Corporation.)...
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  • 170 airborne launches and retrievals were subsequently performed. The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse twin-rotor helicopter, which entered service in 1952, underwent...
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  • high speed flight. Pilot uninjured. Although the airframe was returned to the factory, it was deemed too costly to repair. 5 January Sole Piasecki YH-16A...
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    Curtiss OXX water-cooled V8 engine, 100 hp (75 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 65 mph (105 km/h, 56 kn) Freedman, David H. (July 2000), "This is rocket...
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