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  1. RavenOne

    AW139 two decades

    Today is 20 years since the AW139 took Flight https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/03-02-2021-2-leonardo-celebrates-the-aw139-helicopter-s-20th-anniversary-of-its-1st-flight?f=%2Fhome First time I came across AW139 or then BellAgusta AB139 was these Mock ups at...
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. Triton

    Bell Model 309 "King Cobra" attack helicopter

    The Bell Model 309 King Cobra was an experimental attack helicopter based on Bell's successful AH-1 Cobra. The program was started in 1971 as an unsolicited response to the development problems of the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne that was chosen for the US Army's Advanced Aerial Fire Support System...
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    • bell helicopter company cold war early 1970s u.s. army united states army
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. GTX

    Bell Model 207 Sioux Scout

    Folks, Does anyone have a 3-view drawing of the Bell Model 207 Sioux Scout (see below)? regards, Greg
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    • air cavalry anti-tank bell aerospace textron bell helicopter company close air support cold war early 1960s experimental helicopter gunship late 1950s prototype u.s. army united states army
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. S

    Bell AH-1 Cobra

    Is this AH-1Z a newer version of the AH-1 Cobra gunship? The designation is the same, but i don't know if the helicopter is the same.
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    • bell helicopter company bell helicopter textron bell textron cold war post-cold war united states united states army united states marine corps vietnam war
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  5. J

    Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey - Development and Proposed Variants

    I photographed this years ago at the Paris air Show but I never found any other reference to it (like designation, specs, 3 views....) I dimmly remember a reference to the cargo bay being kept in the design and could be used as bomb or torpedo(!!!) bay .... any info ? JCC
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    • bell helicopter company bell textron boeing cold war post-cold war u.s. army united states united states air force united states army united states marine corps united states navy usaf usmc usn
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. Jemiba

    Various Bell projects

    A more elegant, nevertheless quite unusual concept fom Bell: A tandem stowable rotor. (from AviationWeek 5/67)
  7. overscan (PaulMM)

    AAH Competition (AH-64 rivals)

    1972 US Army AAH Program : Competition for the Advanced Attack Helicopter was between the Hughes Model 77 (YAH-64) and the Bell 409 (YAH-63). Other contenders were the Boeing Vertol AAH and the Lockheed CL-1700, a Cheyenne derivative. The Hughes Model 77 was selected and designated the AH-64...
  8. P

    ‘Retractable Skidded’ AH-1 Cobra

    ‘Retractable Skidded’ AH-1 Cobra When Bell first came up with the efficient and versatile Bell AH-1 Cobra combat helicopter design, it originally went one step further by incorporating a retractable skid arrangement. This arrangement featured the skid’s retracting into the narrow fuselage. I...
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    • air cavalry bell aerospace textron bell helicopter company close air support cold war helicopter gunship late 1960s prototype u.s. army united states army vietnam war
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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