• Thumbnail for Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight
    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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    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Boeing Vertol YUH-61
    The Boeing Vertol YUH-61 (company designation Model 179) was a twin turbine-engined, medium-lift, military assault/utility helicopter. The YUH-61 was the...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing Vertol BV-347
    The Boeing Vertol BV-347 (also known as the Model 347) is an experimental helicopter built by Boeing Vertol from a converted CH-47A Chinook. It was used...
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    Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters and before that Boeing Vertol) is the former name of an American aircraft manufacturer, now known as Vertical...
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  • Thumbnail for Piasecki H-21
    rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). Commonly called "the flying banana", it was a multi-mission helicopter...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing Vertol XCH-62
    The Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (Model 301) was a triple-turbine, heavy-lift helicopter project designed for the United States Army by Boeing Vertol. Approved...
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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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    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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    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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    three Sikorsky S-58s added 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...
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  • Thumbnail for Vertol VZ-2
    The Vertol VZ-2 (or Model 76) is a research aircraft built in the United States in 1957 to investigate the tiltwing approach to vertical take-off and landing...
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  • Thumbnail for Boeing Model 360
    at the American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Boeing Vertol developed its Model 360 in the 1980s as a technology demonstrator with company...
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  • A cruciform wing is a set of four individual wings arranged in the shape of a cross. The cross may take either of two forms; the wings may be equally spaced...
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    rotor helicopters; in present times, exclusively the Boeing Vertol 107 and Boeing Vertol 234. These helicopters are used in stream restoration and forestry...
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  • Thumbnail for Fast combat support ship
    000 tons at full load, 796 feet overall length, and carried two Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters. The Sacramento-class was retired in 2005....
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  • Thumbnail for Bell XV-15
    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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  • Thumbnail for Piasecki H-16 Transporter
    The Piasecki H-16 Transporter (company designation PV-15) was a tandem-rotor transport or rescue helicopter designed by Frank Piasecki and built by Piasecki...
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    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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  • Thumbnail for US Standard Light Rail Vehicle
    Light Rail Vehicle (SLRV) was a light rail vehicle (LRV) built by Boeing Vertol in the 1970s. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) of the...
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    helicopter S-434 9 Used for training Kawasaki-Vertol 107 Utility KV-107IIA-SM-1 7 Used for firefighting Kawasaki-Vertol 107 Utility/transport KV-107IIA-SM-2 4...
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  • under license. Boeing Vertol is an example of the first type and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, who license-produced Boeing Vertol designs for much of its...
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  • from the Bell 47), Kawasaki KV-107 helicopters (derived from the Boeing Vertol 107 Model II), and CH-47J / JA heavy-lift helicopters. Indigenously developed...
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    winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61. Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk, the UH-60A...
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  • Thumbnail for MBB Bo 105
    to as the Bo 105 Twin Jet in the United States. US aerospace firm Boeing-Vertol served as a partner in the type's production and further development, and...
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  • Thumbnail for Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System
    required. In the mid-1970s, the Army evaluated the Sikorsky YUH-60 and Boeing Vertol YUH-61 for its Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Kawasaki P-1
    117-C2 Licensed production Bell 47 Hughes 500 Hughes 369 Boeing-Vertol V-107 Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Lockheed T-33 Lockheed P-2 Lockheed P-3C World War II Allied...
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  • Thumbnail for Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
    required. In the mid-1970s, the Army evaluated the Sikorsky YUH-60 and Boeing Vertol YUH-61 for its Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition...
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