Part II
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April 22, 1958 :
Vertol [Boeing Vertol] 107 Sea Knight (H-46)
April 1960 :
Vertol is acquired by Boeing, becoming the
Vertol Division of Boeing Co
, and later changed to
Boeing Vertol
September 21, 1961 :
Boeing Vertol 114 Chinook (H-47)
May 27, 1970 : Boeing Vertol 347
A CH-47A modified for research with wings, four-blade rotors and
fly-by-wire controls. Serial number 65-7992
1973 : Boeing Vertol
Number Unknown
The proposal for the US Army AAH competition.
( Advanced Attack Helicopter )
See AH-64 Apache later in this page.
Only a mock-up, not built.
1974 :
UTTAS program - Boeing Vertol 179 (YUH-61)
The proposal for the 1972 's US Army UTTAS program
( Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ) for a new helicopter
to replace the Bell Huey.
Lost the competition against the
Sikorsky UH-60 BlackHawk
US Army Serial numbers 73-21656 to 73-21660, but only first 3 units were delivered.
A 4th aircraft, called the "COP", stood as Company owned plane, was painted
white with two tone blue stripes.
73-21656 & 58 are currently on display at Army Aviation Museum,Ft. Rucker, AL.
1975 :
Boeing Vertol HLH (XCH-62)
1981 : Boeing Vertol 234
The civilian variant of the Chinook
1985 :
Began
LHX
( later known as RAH-66 ) collaboration between Sikorsky and Boeing.
June 10, 1987 :
Boeing Vertol [Boeing] 360
World s largest all-composite helicopter
This Advanced Technology Demonstrator made an
extensive use of composite materials in the construction of the fuselage, rotor hubs, upper controls and drive system components.
Designed and built as a private venture of Boeing is
powered with 2 Textron Lycoming AL5512 turboshaft engines
of 4,200 shp each and is similar in size to the model 107M ( CH-46 Sea Knight )
One unit built ( N360BV )
December 2, 1987 :
Boeing starts developing the SOF ( Special Operations Forces ) Chinook
Name changed to
Boeing Helicopters
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