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A wrecked American helicopter in Mogadishu, Somalia, October 14, 1993. Credit - Scott Peterson/Liaison—Getty Images. Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning 2002 movie Black Hawk Down famously portrayed ...
The Piasecki X-49 "SpeedHawk" is an American four-bladed, twin-engined experimental high-speed compound helicopter developed by Piasecki Aircraft.The X-49A is based on the airframe of a Sikorsky YSH-60F Seahawk, but utilizes Piasecki's proprietary vectored thrust ducted propeller (VTDP) design and includes the addition of lifting wings.
OH-58 Kiowa. In the 1970s, the U.S. Army began evaluating the need to improve the capabilities of their scout aircraft. Anticipating the AH-64A's replacement of the venerable AH-1, the Army began shopping the idea of an Aerial Scout Program to stimulate the development of advanced technological capabilities for night vision and precision navigation equipment.
Search efforts are seen around a wreckage site of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter, in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National ...
An OH-6A and two AH-1G Cobra helicopters flying a reconnaissance mission near Phuoc Vinh, c. 1970. It became common for OH-6s to operate in teams with other rotorcraft, particularly the Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter. This teamwork was actively encouraged by Army officials, and led to the development of so-called "hunter-killer" tactics that ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board plan to brief senators Thursday on last week's midair collision between an American Airlines ...
Experimental helicopter Platt-LePage Aircraft Company: First helicopter tested by the USAAF. [1] 1941 Never 2 Sikorsky R-4: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation: World's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first helicopter used by the United States Army Air Forces. [2] 1942 Unknown 131 Sikorsky H-5: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 1943 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Data retrieved from an investigation into a collision last week between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River in ...