Part II
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1973 :
Hughes Model 77 (YAH-64)
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The Model 77 wins US Army
AAH (Advanced Attack
Helicopter) competition
The YAH-64 has it first flight
on September 30, 1975
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1976 :
Hughes received the AH-64A full-scale development contract.
August 1981 :
AH-64A development completed
1983
Hughes licenses the Model 300 product line to the
Schweizer Aircraft Corp
January 1984 :
Mc Donnell Douglas acquired
Hughes Helicopters
February 1984 :
Mc Donnell Douglas AH-64A Apache
AH-64A deliveries began.
1986 :
The Hughes
Model 300 product line is finally sold to Schweizer
90s Commercial Helicopters
MD 600 series
MD 900 Explorer
( MDX )
1992 :
Venezuelan helicopter pilots Francisco Pacheco and
Tomas Spanier flew a record-setting, trans-Atlantic trek from
Venezuela to Spain on a MD 500D.
Beginning on October 11, 1992, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
and ending at Palos de la Frontera on December 16, the flight was marked as the
longest over-ocean flight
1997 :
Boeing acquired
Mc Donnell Douglas
Bell Helicopters ( Textron Inc. )
try to buy the MD 500 and 600 series, but didnīt want to buy the Explorer
because they have their own twin turbine models, so it future is unknown.
The AH-64 Apache is now owned by
Boeing.
1998 :
The initial planned sale of the commercial line to Textron Inc. fell through after
the Federal Trade Commission raised unspecified concerns.
February 19, 1999 : Boeing sold commercial line to RDM
MD Helicopters Inc
The dutch company buy the MD 500E and MD 530F single-engine helicopters with conventional tail rotors, the MD 520N and MD 600N single-engine
NOTAR helicopters and the MD Explorer series of twin-engine, eight-place
helicopters.
Sept 14, 2006 :
MD Helicopters NOTAR Fleet Clocks 670,000 Flight Hours
Contribution:
MD Helicopters Inc
Mc Donnell Douglas Corp
( Company press releases between 1986 and 1997 )
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