---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Designations: H (Navy, US Army, USAF) R (USAAF) H is almost never used on its own, but preceded by letters indicating the role of the helicopter: A (attack), C (transport), H (rescue), N (test), M (special ops), R (minsweeping), S (ASW), U (utility), V (VIP transport), X (test), Y (preproduction). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HCH McDonnell HCH-1 Non-compound version of the HRH, 1953. Intended as tactical transport. HJD McDonnell HJD Wirraway One built. The HJD had its rotors on the tips of a large wing; the engines were fitted in nacelles in the mid wing. The world's first twin-engined helicopter. Type: XHJD-1 Year: 1946 Crew: Engines: 2 * 336kW P&W R-985 Wasp Junior Speed: 190km/h Ceiling: Range: Load: 10 seats HNS Vought-Sikorsky HNS Navy version of the R-4 Hoverfly. HOE Hiller HOE Navy version of the H-32. The navy bought three of them. HOS Sikorsky HOS Navy version of the R-6. HRH McDonnell (?) XHRH-1 Project only. Assault helicopter for the USMC. Compound helicopter with the rotor driven by tipjets. 30 seats. 1953. HRP Piasecki HRP-1 The 'flying banana' was the first heli with fore and aft rotors, driven by a single engine in the tail. Type: HRP-1 Year: 1943 Crew: Engines: 1 * 600hp P&W R-1340 Speed: 160km/h Ceiling: Range: Load: 10 seats HRP Boeing-Vertol HRP-2 Much improved HRP-1. Type: HRP-2 Year: 1948 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 440kW P&W R-1340 Speed: 168km/h Ceiling: Range: 480km Load: 10 seats HSL Bell HSL Type: HSL-1 Year: 1955 Crew: Engines: 1 * 1765kW P&W R-2800-50 Speed: 222km/h Ceiling: Range: 560km Load: HSS Sikorsky HSS Seabat Renamed H-34. HTK Kaman HTK Type: Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: HTL Bell HTL Renamed H-13 HUS Sikorsky HUS Seahorse Renamed H-34. H-1 Bell AH-1 Hueycobra Bell model 209. The first true gunship; derivative of the UH-1. Standard US attack helikopter of the Vietnam war. Still in service, in improved versions, both single- and twin-engined. Type: AH-1G Year: 1967 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1810kW Lycoming T53-L-13 Speed: 277km/h Ceiling: 3470m Range: 570km Load: 1*g30mm; 4 points H-1 Bell UH-1 Iroquois Bell model 204 and 205, also 212 (UH-1N). Better known as 'Huey', this has been the standard US tactical transport helikopter for a long time. There is also an EH-1 version for electronic warfare. Is now being replaced by the H-60. Type: UH-1H Year: 1967 Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 1030kW Lycoming T53-L-13 Speed: 204km/h Ceiling: 3840m Range: 510km Load: 11 to 14 seats, or 1759kg R-1 Platt-Le Page R-1 The R-1 had a large wing with rotors fitted on the wing tips, and a fuselage with a converntional aircraft tail and a glazed nose. Type: XR-1A Year: 1943 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * kW P&W R-985-AN-1 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-2 Kaman H-2 Seasprite The Kaman H-2 was built as transport (UH-2), ASW (SH-2) and rescue (HH-2) helicopter for the USN. First flew in 1959; converted to twin-engined from 1967 onwards; prodcution reopened in 1981. A lot of ships have one or two SH-2's on board. Type: SH-2G Year: 1987 Crew: 3 Engines: 1 * 1285kW G.E. T700-GE-401 Speed: 271km/h Ceiling: 6400m Range: 1083km Load: HO2S Sikorsky HO2S Navy version of the R-5. Type: Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: HR2S Sikorsky HR2S Renamed H-37. Type: XHR2S Year: 1953 Crew: Engines: 2 * 1400kW P&W R-2800-50 Speed: 196km/h Ceiling: Range: 350km Load: HU2K Kaman HU2K Renamed H-2. H-3 Sikorsky H-3 Sea King The Sikorsky S-61 has been built as Search & Rescue heli (HH-3), ASW (SH-3), tactical transport (CH-3), VIP transport (VH-3), and commercial transport. Westland built many as the Sea King and the Commando. Type: SH-3D Year: 1966 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1044kW G.E. T58-GE-10 Speed: 267km/h Ceiling: 4480m Range: 1005km Load: 381kg b,t,msl. R-4 Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly Sikorsky VS-316. First operational helicopter used by the USAAF, the R-4 was a development of the VS-300. A few saw service in WWII. 130 built. Type: YR-4B Year: 1943 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 147kW Warner R-550-3 Speed: 131km/h Ceiling: 2440m Range: 370km Load: 150kg H-5 Hiller OH-5 The OH-5 was designed as a light observation helicopter for the Army. Lost the competition. Type: OH-5A Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: HO5S Sikorsky HO5S Type: HO5S Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 180kW Franklin Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: R-5 Sikorsky R-5 Two-seat observation helicopter. Type: R-5A Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 450hp P&W R-985-AN-1 Speed: 144km/h Ceiling: Range: Load: up to four litters, carried externally. H-6 Hughes H-6 A small and agile helicopter with a distictive teardrop shape. The OH-6 Cayuse was US Army in Vietnam for observation duties. Also known as the 'Loach'. The AH-6 and MH-6 versions are known as 'Defender'; only 20 or so of these are in service with special units. Type: OH-6A Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 186kW Allison T63-A-5 Speed: 274km/h Ceiling: 4800m Range: 610km Load: R-6 Sikorsky R-6 Type: R-6A Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 245hp Franklin O-405-9 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: two litters, carried externally. H-12 Hiller UH-12 Deliveries of the light UH-12 helicopter were resumed in 1986. Type: UH-12 Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 1 * 228kW Lycoming VO-540 Speed: 154km/h Ceiling: 4940m Range: 676km/h Load: 2 seats H-13 Bell OH-13 Bell model 47. The model 47 was the first certified civil helicopter; the OH-13 model proved the military usefulness of the helicopter in the Korean war. Type: Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-17 Kellet-Hughes XH-17 One built. At 19960kg, the XH-17 was more than twice as heavy than any contemporary helicopter. It was a 'skycrane', with four long long legs that aneblad it to manoeuvre itself above bulky cargoes. Type: XH-17 Year: 1952 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * G.E. J35 Speed: Ceiling: Range: 65km Load: H-19 Sikorsky UH-19 Sikorsky S.55. The H-19 had a radial engine fitted in the bulbous nose, and a box-like fuselage with the cocpit on top. Type: UH-19B Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: 720km Load: H-20 Hughes XH-20 Little Henry One built. The XH-20 was powered by ramjets at the rotor tips. It was no more than a steel tube frame with an open seat for the pilot, a rudder and fuel tanks. Type: 1947 Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-21 Boeing-Vertol H-21 Work Horse USAF version of the HRP-2. Type: H-21C Year: 1952 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1050kW Wright R-1820-103 Speed: 190km/h Ceiling: Range: 480km Load: H-23 Hiller H-23 Raven Version of the H-12. Type: H-23D Year: 1946 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 180kW Lycoming VO-435-A1C Speed: 150km/h Ceiling: 4020m Range: 320km Load: 2 seats H-25 Boeing-Vertol H-25 version of the H-21. Type: HH-25 Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-26 American Helicopter H-26 Jet Jeep Type: XH-26 Year: Crew: 1 Engines: 2 * 16kg Speed: 130km/h Ceiling: Range: 170km Load: H-28 Hughes H-28 Project only. Development of the XH-17. Designed maximum weight was 47627kg Type: XH-28 Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-28 Enstrom TH-28 A modified model 280 trainer for the US Army, intended to replace the UH-1 in the training role. The Bell 206B JetRanger III was chosen instead. Type: TH-28 Year: 1988 Crew: Engines: 1 * 313kW Allison 250-C20B Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-32 Hiller H-32 Only 17 built. Prototype flew in 1952. The H-32 had a small engine to bring the rotor to speed; then small ramjets at the tips of the two-bladed rotor were ignited. Type: YH-32 Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * kW 2 * kN Speed: 130km/h Ceiling: Range: Load: H-34 Sikorsky H-34 The Sikorsky S-58 was a very succesfull general-duty helicopter. The radial engine was fitted in the nose as in the S-55, but the fusega was more streamlined. 2261 were built. Type: UH-34D Year: 1955 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 1120kW Wright R-1820 Speed: 200km/h Ceiling: 3660m Range: 400km Load: 18 seats H-37 Sikorsky H-37 Type: CH-37A Year: 1955 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 1545kW P&W R-2800 Speed: 210km/h Ceiling: 2650m Range: 320km Load: 33 seats H-40 Bell XH-40 Renamed H-1. H-43 Kaman H-43 Huskie The HH-43, with its intermeshing twin rotors, was the standard rescue helicopter at USAF airfields. Type: HH-43B Year: 1958 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 640kW Lycoming T53 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-46 Boeing-Vertol H-46 Sea Knight In service as UH-46 and CH-46 transport and HH-46 rescue helicopter with the USN and the USMC. Very similar to the CH-47 in general layout. Type: CH-46A Year: 1946 Crew: Engines: 2 * kW G.E. T58 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: 25 seats H-47 Boeing-Vertol H-47 Chinook The standard US Army medium transport helicopter. A 'banana' design with fore and aft rotors, and a loading ramp in the tail. Large underslung loads are also carried, e.g. large guns or downed aircraft. There is also an MH-47 version for the special forces. Type: CH-47C Year: 1968 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 2760kW Lycoming T55-L-11C Speed: 300km/h Ceiling: 3100m Range: 2140km Load: 8440kg (internal), 10528kg (max), 33 seats H-48 Bell H-48 Model 204B, used as 'missile site support' helicopter. H-50 H-50 Gyrodyne An unmanned ASW helicopter, built in 1960. The USN bought more than 300. The Gyrodyne carried two torpedos. Type: QH-50 Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 270hp Boeing T-50 Speed: 150km/h Ceiling: Range: Load: H-51 Lockheed H-51 Three built. The H-51 set a few records. The XH-51 was a compound-heli, i.e. with an additional jet engine on a stub wing. Type: XH-51N Year: 1962 Crew: Engines: 1 * P&W C T74 1 * 1180kg P&W Speed: 437km/h Ceiling: Range: Load: H-52 Sikorksy H-52 Type: HH-52A Year: Crew: Engines: 1 * 920kW Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-53 Sikorsky H-53 The most powerful western heli. Easely recognized by its boxlike fuselage, large sponsons and inclined tail rotor pylon. The CH-53 Stallion is a transport; the MH-53 Sea Dragon and the MH-53 are used for minesweeping, the HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant is a rescue helicopter. Type: CH-53E Year: 1975 Crew: 3 Engines: 3 * 3266kW G.E. T64-GE-416 Speed: 315km/h Ceiling: 5640m Range: 2075km Load: 55 seats, max. 16330kg H-54 Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe This is the typical S-64 'Skycrane' helicopter, with a thin flatbottomed fuselage on high wheels, to carry a container. The CH-54 was also used in Vietnam to retrieve 380 downed aircraft. Type: CH-54 Year: 1964 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 3310kW P&W JTD12-4A Speed: 200km/h Ceiling: 4000m Range: 410km Load: 9100kg H-55 Hughes H-55 Type: TH-55 Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-56 Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne The complicated AH-56 anti-tank heli was rejected. Only 11 were built, and the procurement of a new attack heli was postponed until the AH-64 came available. The AH-56 had an additional pusher prop on the tail. Type: AH-56A Year: 1967 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 2528kW G.E. T64-GE-16 Speed: 410km/h Ceiling: 8000m Range: 1400km Load: 1 * g30mm, 1 * mg7.62mm, 900kg b,r,msl H-58 Bell OH-58 Kiowa Standard US Army scout helicopter, developed from the model 206 JetRanger. The OH-58D was selected to replace the earlier OH-58A. There is also an armed version, unofficially known as the AH-58 Warrior. Type: OH-58A Year: 1969 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * 237kW Allison T63-A-700 Speed: 220km/h Ceiling: 5760m Range: 490km Load: 2 seats, 1*mg7.62mm H-59 Sikorsky H-59 Two built. The XH-59A was built to test the ABC rotor system, consisting of two three-blade, coaxial counter-rotating rotors. Type: XH-59A Year: 1973 Crew: 2 Engines: 1 * P&W C PT6T-3 Speed: 196km/h Ceiling: Range: Load: H-60 Sikorsky H-60 The H-60 was developed top replace the UH-1 as tactical transport helicopter. It has been developed into a wide range of models, including the UH-60 Black Hawk, EH-60, MH-60 Pave Hawk, VH-60, SH-60 Seahawk, and HH-60 Jayhawk. Type: UH-60A Year: 1980 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 1130kW G.E. T700-G-700 Speed: 296km/h Ceiling: 5790m Range: 600km Load: 11 seats, 4500kg on external hardpoints. H-61 Boeing-Vertol H-61 Boeing design competing with the UH-60. Three built. Type: YUH-61 Year: 1975 Crew: Engines: 2 * 1130kW G.E. T700 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: 11 seats, 4500kg H-62 Boeing H-62 Heavy-lift helicopter. Cancelled. Type: XCH-62 Year: Crew: Engines: 3 * 5945kW Allison T701 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-63 Bell H-63 The YAH-63 attack heli lost the competition with the AH-64. Type: YAH-63 Year: Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1130kW G.E. T700 Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: 1 * g30mm, b,r,msl H-64 Hughes H-64 Apache Attack helicopter now in service with the US Army. The Apache is armed with the M230 Chain Gun and up to sixteen AGM-114 Hellfire anti-tank missiles. Type: AH-64A Year: 1986 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 1265kW G.E. T700-GE-701 Speed: 296km/h Ceiling: 6400m Range: 1700km Load: 1 * g30mm, 701kg msl,r H-65 Aerospatiale HH-65 Dauphin The US Coast Guard selected the Aerospatiale SA366 Dauphin 2 for its requirement for a short-range rescue helicopter. Basically similar to the SA365, the HH-65 uses 60% US equipment. Type: HH-65 Year: 1982 Crew: 3 Engines: 2 * 507kW Textron Lycoming LTS101-750A-1 Speed: 257km/h Ceiling: Range: 760km Load: H-66 Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche The new recce/attack helicopter of the US Army, selected under the LHX program. H-67 Bell TH-67 Creek Bell model 206B JetRanger III, selected by the US Army for its training programme. Type: Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: H-76 Sikorsky H-76 Type: Year: Crew: Engines: Speed: Ceiling: Range: Load: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------