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| u.s. military utility aircraft 1940-1949 | |
| u.s. civil utility aircraft 1940-1949 | |
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__NOTOC__ The Bell 47 (military H-13 Sioux) was the first Helicopter to be certified for civil use, in May 1946. It was largely designed by Arthur M. Young who assigned his helicopter patents to, and joined Bell Helicopter in 1941. Over 5,600 were produced through 1974, including 1200 under license in Italy , 239 in Japan , and 239 in the UK . Early models had open Cockpit s or Sheet Metal cabins, but the most common model, the '''47G''' , introduced in 1953, can be recognized by the full bubble Canopy , exposed welded-tube tail boom, and saddle Fuel Tank s. Later '''H''' and '''J''' models had a regular cabin with full cowling and Monocoque tail boom. Engine s were Franklin or Lycoming horizontally-opposed Piston Engine s of 200 to 305 HP (150 to 230 KW ). Seating varied from two to four.
NASA had a number of Bell 47s during the Apollo Programme which astronauts used as a primitive trainer for the Lunar Lander . Eugene Cernan had a near disastrous accident shortly before his flight to the moon on Apollo 17 by crashing one into the Indian River at high speed. SPECIFICATIONS (BELL 47G) General
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