Boeing Vertol XCH-62 HLH

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XCH-62

Boeing Vertol HLH
The US Army Heavy Lift Helicopter specification was approved in May 1971 for a 22 tonnes payload class helicopter.

Boeing proposal wins over the Sikorsky S-73 (not built) that was the Sikorsky entry for the HLH program.

The only XCH-62 built (Serial number 73-22012) was put into storage at the US Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker Alabama prior to completion when the program was cancelled in October 1974.

In 1983, NASA and DARPA ( Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency ) plans were initiated to resume the test programme but was cancelled again.

Engines: 3 x Allison T701 of 5945kW
Gross Weight: 70 Ton
Length: 28 m
Height: 11 m

The XCH-62 ( background ) is shown in comparison with a CH-47A Chinook in this 1975 photograph :

The following photos are from Frank White 's Collection

Contribution: Boeing Defense & Space Group

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kenneth evans ( enterprise al u.s. )
Although the only produced XCH-62 was at Ft. Rucker, it is no longer here. Not because it changed locations, but because it was destroyed while trying to move it on Ft. Rucker. It either buckled under the stress of the cranes or else they intentionally destroyed, or some other mishap. I am not sure the reason, but I did see a heap of scrap metal and the twisted rotar blades littering the ground. Bottom-line; it is no longer in existence. Too bad, because I actually enjoyed looking at it.

michael pettit ( montgomery al united states )
The Boeing HLH was intentionally destroyed in 2005. According to an aviation museum exec, the HLH was simply a non-flying incomplete proof-of-concept mockup. Since it never achieved flight under its own power, it was not considered an \

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