The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). Commonly …

Jul 8, 2024 · In 1958, the fleet was changed to the Vertol V-44 tandem-rotor helicopter, a commercial model of the Piasecki H-21 Shawnee. In 1962 the turbine-powered Boeing Vertol …

Vertol 44, tidigare Piasecki H-21, är en medeltung transporthelikopter med tandemrotor som utvecklades och tillverkades mellan 1949 och 1967 av den amerikanska helikoptertillverkaren …

Feb 3, 2022 · On Feb. 4, 1962, the first U.S. military helicopter was shot down in the Vietnam War. The H21-Shawnee/Vertol 44 was originally designed for high-altitude, cold-weather …

Civil utility version of H-21B/C for general use. Certified for both civil & military use. Three sub models: V-44A/B/C depending on engine, avionics, and fitment. Customers included: …

Boeing Vertol 44 (Developed from Piasecki H-21 “Flying Banana) [USA] 1952-1962 Post-WWII-2 Single-Engined Radial-Single-Row-9-Cylinder 3-Bladed-Tandem-Rotor ...

Originally designed for high-altitude, cold-weather operations, the first H-21s joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953 for rescue operations in the Arctic. The commercial transport version, the Vertol …

Taken at a Dayton, Ohio air show in 1954. The Museum restored this Vertol 44 as No 9592 serving with No. 103 Rescue Unit at Greenwood in the 1960s. Built in March 1960, it later flew …

The Vertol 44 were in the beginning designed and manufactured by Piasecki Helicopter Corporation, which changed its name to the more well-known Vertol in 1956. The HKP 1 was …

The company developed a refinement of the H-21 design with the designation of "Vertol 44", which featured all-metal rotor blades and automatic stabilization equipment. Nine Vertol 44s …