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The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite is a ship-based helicopter originally developed and produced by American manufacturer Kaman Aircraft Corporation. It has been typically used as a compact and fast-moving rotorcraft for utility and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. Early on it was modest sized single-engined naval utility helicopter, and progressed ...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. used as the official helicopters of the President of the United States Marine One. 1959. 1961. 1500. Sikorsky S-61R. Medium-lift transport/SAR helicopter. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. The S-61R served in the United States Air Force and in the United States Coast Guard.
A Eurocopter AS350 of Heli Air Monaco flying over the Vista Palace Hotel in Monte Carlo This is a list of helicopter airlines . These are notable airlines which provide transport for passengers or cargo, or both, with fleets that comprise a significant proportion of helicopters .
The Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite is an American ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. This aircraft extends and increases shipboard sensor and weapon capabilities against several types of enemy threats, including submarines of all types, surface ships, and patrol craft ...
A VH-34D presidential helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in 1961. A former VH-3 Marine One at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The first use of a helicopter to transport the president was in 1957, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower traveled on a Bell UH-13J Sioux. [ 2] The president wanted a quick way to reach his summer ...
Founded. 1942. ( 1942) Founders. Stanley Hiller. Headquarters. Firebaugh, California. Hiller Aircraft Company is an American private aerospace company, based in Firebaugh, California. It was founded in 1942 as Hiller Industries by Stanley Hiller to develop helicopters.
1979–present. Developed into. Eurocopter EC145. The MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 is a twin-engined light utility – transport helicopter. It was jointly developed and manufactured by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) of Germany and Kawasaki of Japan. MBB was later purchased by Daimler-Benz and eventually became a part of Eurocopter, which was later ...
Piasecki HUP Retriever. The Piasecki HUP Retriever or H-25 Army Mule, later UH-25, is a compact single radial engine, twin overlapping tandem rotor utility helicopter developed by the Piasecki Helicopter Corporation of Morton, Pennsylvania. Designed to a United States Navy specification, the helicopter was produced from 1949 to 1954, and was ...