Two more prototypes were built in 1957, and the Army had previously ordered six YH-40 service test aircraft, even before the first prototype had flown. Powered by a prototype Lycoming YT53-L-1 (LTC1B-1) engine producing 700 shp (520 kW), the XH-40 first flew on 20 October 1956 at Fort Worth, Texas, with Bell's chief test pilot, Floyd Carlson, at the controls. The Bell 204 and 205 are Iroquois versions developed for the civil market. The UH-1 first saw service in combat operations during the Vietnam War, with around 7,000 helicopters deployed. The Iroquois was originally designated HU-1, hence the Huey nickname, which has remained in common use, despite the official redesignation to UH-1 in 1962. The UH-1 was the first turbine-powered helicopter produced for the United States military, and more than 16,000 have been built since 1960. The first member of the prolific Huey family, it was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet a 1952 US Army requirement for a medical evacuation and utility helicopter, and first flew in 1956. The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed " Huey") is a utility military helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine, with two-bladed main and tail rotors.
HUEY HELICOPTER MODEL KIT SERIES
This kit will make some Huey fans happy but we'd all love to see a series of Hueys with the same level of detail we find in many of these armor releases from DML, Academy, and Trumpeter.Family of American military utility helicopters Panda stepped up with this kit and the UH-1N Twin Huey, but both of these kits need a few tweaks to get them looking right. Academy of course has contributed the H-13, UH-1B, UH-1C, AH-1W, AH-60P, UH-60L, MH-60G, AH-6, OH-6, and OH-58D in this scale. Trumpeter has tackled the Mi-4, Mi-8/17, Mi-24, CH-47A, CH-47D all in 1/35 scale. I would still like to see a 1/35th scale masterpiece of this very widely used aircraft.
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The aircraft was quickly given its baptism of fire in operations in Vietnam, but it was a huge success in proving out the air mobility concept as well as heliborne close air support, medivac, and search and rescue (SAR) missions.
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When Bell developed the first production turbine-powered helicopter, the US Army initially designated the aircraft as HU-1 (hence the name Huey).