Helicopters built by Piasecki, Vertol, Boeing-Vertol


Boeing Model 401 Boeing Model 401

1943

Small two-seat helicopter designed in 1943 as either an open cockpit or enclosed cabin model.DAT ...

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He is Frank N. Piasecki, President of the PV-Engineering Forum, an organization he formed with ...

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Piasecki PV-2

1943

Piasecki PV-2

Piasecki PV-3, HRP-1 Piasecki PV-3, HRP-1

1945

Although it was built only in modest numbers and had an unspectacular (though useful) service ...

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This tandem-rotor design was evolved by Piasecki Helicopter Corporation to meet a Bureau of Aeronautics ...

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Piasecki HUP "Retriever"

1949

Piasecki HUP "Retriever"

Piasecki PV-17 / HRP-2 Piasecki PV-17 / HRP-2

1949

The much-improved HRP-2 (PD-17) featured a streamlined metal fuselage offering better visibility for two pilots ...

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From the all-metal PV-17 built in 1948, the following year Piasecki derived the HRP-2 Rescuer ...

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Piasecki H-21

1952

Piasecki H-21

Piasecki PV-15, YH-16 "Transporter" Piasecki PV-15, YH-16 "Transporter"

1953

In 1953 the enormous XH-16 turboshaft tactical transport helicopter, the Transporter, was built. It had ...

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In 1956, the Vertol Aircraft Corporation began developing a turbine-powered member of the "flying banana" ...

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Boeing-Vertol CH-46

1958

Boeing-Vertol CH-46

Boeing-Vertol CH-47 "Chinook" Boeing-Vertol CH-47 "Chinook"

1961

In September 1958, the US Army commissioned Boeing Vertol to develop a medium transport helicopter ...

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In late 1965, the first Armed/Armoured Chinook was officially rolled out and testing was begun ...

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Boeing-Vertol ACH-47 "Armed/Armoured Chinook"

1965

Boeing-Vertol ACH-47 "Armed/Armoured Chinook"

Boeing-Vertol Model 227 Boeing-Vertol Model 227

1967 - project

Model 227project ...

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Model 237project ...

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Boeing-Vertol Model 237

1967 - project

Boeing-Vertol Model 237

Boeing-Vertol Model 297 Boeing-Vertol Model 297

project

Model 297project ...

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Experimental advanced-technology helicopter withstretched CH-47A fuselage, four-blade rotors, taller aft pylon, retractable u/c and lift ...

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Boeing-Vertol 347

1970

Boeing-Vertol 347

Boeing-Vertol AAH Boeing-Vertol AAH

1973 - project

Boeing-Vertol's proposal for U.S.Army Advanced Attack Helicopter competition. Only mockup was built ...

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Competitor in the UTTAS programme to choose a utility helicopter for the US Army (won ...

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Boeing-Vertol Model 179 (YUH-61)

1974

Boeing-Vertol Model 179 (YUH-61)

Boeing-Vertol Model 301 / XCH-62 Boeing-Vertol Model 301 / XCH-62

1975 - project

This big "flying crane" built for the US Army's HLH (Heavy Lift Helicopter) specification, was ...

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After having developed an updatedversion of the CH-47 "Chinook" in1976, designated the CH-47D, whichincorporated improvements ...

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Boeing-Vertol Model 234

1980

Boeing-Vertol Model 234

Boeing-Vertol V-360 Boeing-Vertol V-360

1987

First flown in 1987 the Model 360 is a privately developed advanced technology rotorcraft, designed ...

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The Comanche was intended to replace the US Army's relativelyunsophisticated OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and read more ... Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 "Comanche"

1996

Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 "Comanche"

Boeing X-50 Dragonfly Boeing X-50 Dragonfly

2003

The X-50A Canard Rotor/Wing (CR/W) began as a McDonnell Douglas Helicopters project for a VTOL ...

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