Category: Helicopters

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is an American multi-role helicopter developed and manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. It made its first flight on March 11, 1959. About 1,300 were built. The helicopter was powered by two General Electric T58-GE-10 turbine engines with a power of 2 x 1,238 kW.

The helicopter was developed as Eurocopter EC-155, and now (2022) it is called Airbus Helicopters H-155. The helicopter was developed by Eurocopter on the basis of the Dauphin family of helicopters for civil applications. The Eurocopter EC-155 helicopter is powered by two turboprop engines and can carry 12 passengers and a crew of two. The…

During communist Poland, the Citizens’ Militia (Milicja) did not have helicopters. The tasks of protecting public safety and protecting the communist authorities were performed by helicopters belonging to the 103rd Air Regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Warsaw. After the socio-economic changes in 1989, the Militia was transformed into the Police, which dates…

The French Alouette III helicopter is a light multi-role helicopter used in civil and military aviation in many countries. The helicopter was one of the first to be powered by a single turbine engine. The Alouette III helicopter was developed by Sud Aviation, which was formed by the merger of SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions…

The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine, single-rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility and direct fire support. The helicopter was developed in the USA by Bell Helicopter. The Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter is closely related to the civilian Model 206A JetRanger helicopter. The Bell OH-58 helicopter (factory designation D-250, competition designation YHO-4)…

The Mil Mi-2 helicopter is one of the most recognizable helicopters in the world. In the NATO code Mi-2 was named Hoplite. (Hoplite is a heavily armed foot soldier in ancient Greece from the 7th to the 4th century BC). The helicopter also received several dialectal names, including the most popular "Kettle". It was designed…

A mock-up of the helicopter was shown at the 2013 Paris Air Show. The Bell 505 helicopter made its first flight on November 10, 2014. In 2015, the helicopter obtained the American certificate, and in 2016, the Canadian certificate. The first Bell 505 was delivered on March 7, 2017, to a private operator in Arizona,…

The main rotor has 4 blades in the main rotor and the tail rotor. The main rotor blades are driven by servo motors instead of the swash plate. Second-generation composite main rotor blades (CMRB2) were mounted on the Super Seasprite, which includes filament-wound, S-glass rods, glass shells, aramid honeycomb cores and aramid trailing edges.

The Bell UH-1 Y Venom is another incarnation of the legendary Huey helicopter that performed so well during the Vietnam War. Among American soldiers, Bell UH-1 Y Venom is called Super Huey. Not without reason, because it is the same family. The helicopter is also called "Yankee", based on the pronunciation of its variant of…

The Bell AH-1 Z Viper is a combat and attack helicopter. It is a relatively new design and already proven in combat. The Bell AH-1 Z Viper helicopter was designed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron. The helicopter made its first flight on December 8, 2000. The helicopter crew consists of two officers. The helicopter…