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An early Hughes YAH-64 prototype with T-tail. After the AH-56 Cheyenne was cancelled in 1972 in favor of projects like the U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier, the United States Army sought an aircraft to fill an anti-armor attack role that would still be under Army command.
A-36A of the 86th Fighter Bomber Group (Dive) in Italy in 1944.. The A-36A-1-NA "Apache" (although Apache was the A-36A's official name, it was rarely used) [13] joined the 27th Fighter-Bomber Group (27th FBG) composed of four squadrons based at Ras el Ma Airfield in French Morocco in April 1943 during the campaign in North Africa. [13]
In 1958, the Apache 160 was produced by upgrading the engines to 160 hp (119 kW); 816 were built. [ citation needed ] The Apache 160 was superseded in 1962 by the Aztec-derived Apache 235 . [ citation needed ] With a 1962 price of $45,000, the Apache 235 featured the Aztec's 235 hp (175 kW) engines and swept tail surfaces [ 3 ] (119 built).
The solution was a fuselage redesigned to be more sleek and aesthetic, adding 16 cubic feet (0.45 cubic metres) of cargo space in the process. [11] The redesigned aircraft was designated as the Model 206A , and Bell President Edwin J. Ducayet named it the JetRanger denoting an evolution from the popular Model 47J Ranger .
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...
Boeing is in talks to buy back Spirit Aerosystems, which makes fuselages for Boeing’s 737 Max jets, according to a person familiar with the matter, as both companies scramble to stamp out ...
Seventy-five percent of the HH-65's structure—including rotorhead, rotor blades and fuselage—consists of corrosion-resistant composite materials. Also a unique feature of the Dolphin is its computerized flight management system, which integrates state-of-the-art communications and navigation equipment.
Crayola is making colorful history! For the first time in the company’s more than 120-year history, the brand is bringing back eight previously retired colors.