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The Bell 47 has the unique distinction of being the first helicopter certified for civilian use on the 8th of March 1946. Early prototypes of the Bell 47 were developed by Arthur M. Young in secret on his father’s farm in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
The Bell 47 is a single-rotor single-engine light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It was based on the third Bell 30 prototype, which was the company's first helicopter designed by Arthur M. Young.
The aircraft used in the award-winning M*A*S*H television series was a Bell H-13 Sioux, the U.S. Army equivalent of the Bell 47D-1. Being the first certified helicopter, the utilitarian Bell 47 chalked up a wide variety of firsts.
The H‑13D was primarily used by the Army as an evacuation helicopter that became the mainstay of the MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units during the Korean War. Eighty percent of the 25,000 helicopter evacuations in Korea were accomplished by Army and Marine H‑13s.
And the Bell H-13 Sioux, the so-called MASH helicopter, was the angel of the battlefield bringing wounded men to the skilled medical care of B.J. Hunnicutt and Hawkeye Pierce. In today’s article, Dr. Will Dabbs — a former Army aviator himself — takes a look at this early medevac helicopter.
Korea was not actually the first time rotary wing aircraft had been used in combat. The Marines had tested — and rejected as unsuitable — the Pitcairn OP-1 autogyro, a hybrid aircraft with a four-blade rotor, for liaison and medevac missions in 1932, while fighting guerrillas in Nicaragua.
1951 Bell 47 Helicopter, one of the stars of the M*A*S*H TV series, is selling following a rough ride; asking price is not disclosed.
During the Korean War this helicopter, known as the H-13D and H-13E (USAF) or HTL-4 and HTL-5 (US Navy), was intensively used as an aerial ambulance to transport the wounded to the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) units.
mash tv show bell helicopter! This Bell 47 is the last of the M*A*S*H celebrities and the last flying example. Includes a complete Display Package including trailer.
M*A*S*H Helicopter - Bell 47 ('Sioux') of Ardmore Helicopters. Ardmore Helicopters Ltd is one of the leading pilot training schools in New Zealand, specializing in helicopter flight...