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Most-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production. 1959–1976 Bell 206 Jetranger: 8,460: manufactured at Bell plants in United States and Canada: Also made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia: 1966–2010 Eurocopter AS350: 7,000 + [1] France: Airbus Helicopters ...
Designed pre-war as civilian transport. 607 built as civil airliners; 15,472 built as military transports, including the Soviet Lisunov Li-2 and Japanese Nakajima L2D; after World War II, most were converted into civil airliners or freighters. Bell UH-1 Iroquois: M: Helicopter, utility 16,000+ United States: 1959: 1987 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ...
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The Bell 30 was their first full-size helicopter (first flight December 29, 1942) and the Bell 47 became the first helicopter in the world rated by a civil aviation authority, becoming a civilian and military success. [3] Due to its burgeoning success, the helicopter division relocated as a separate unit to Hurst, Texas in 1951.
American Eurocopter – founded as Vought Helicopter Inc, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter; American Helicopter [10] Aviodyne U.S.A. Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company; Bell Helicopter [44] Bendix Helicopter Company (defunct) [10] Bensen Aircraft Company (defunct) [10] Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters & Boeing-Vertol ...
The 47 became the first helicopter certified for civilian use on 8 March 1946. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first civilian delivery was made on 31 December 1946 to Helicopter Air Transport . [ 3 ] More than 5,600 Bell 47s were produced, including those under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United ...
The Bell 204 and 205 are the civilian versions of the UH-1 Iroquois single-engine military helicopter of the Huey family of helicopters. They are type-certificated in the transport category and are used in a wide variety of applications, including crop dusting, cargo lifting, Forestry Operations, and aerial firefighting.
The CH-1A was the first helicopter to land on Pikes Peak, at an altitude of 14,110 feet (4,300 m) on 15 September 1955, [2] it had a higher cruise speed than comparable machines, and a CH-1B, modified with an FSO-526-2X engine, set an official FAI world altitude record for helicopters of 29,777 feet [note 1] on December 28, 1957, while being ...