Helicopters of the World

HELICOPTERS OF THE WORLD

Helicopters of the World, from first flights to the latest fastest attack helicopters, including utility, heavy lift, blaze fighting, passenger and cargo transport, speed and distance records, the smallest to the largest, accomplishments, history, pictures, sounds, specifications, and a guide to scale model radio control helicopters.

HELICOPTERS OF THE WORLD

Agusta A 129 Mangusta First all-weather combat helicopter used in Europe.

Agusta-Bell AB.212ASW Anti-submarine helicopter using a P&W Turbo Twin Pac engine.

Bell AH-1 Cobra First dedicated attack helicopter ever built.

Bell AH-1Z Viper Latest USMC attack helicopter.

Denel AH-2 Attack helicopter designed and built in South Africa.

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne One of the fastest helicopters.

Boeing AH-64 Apache The primary United States Army attack helicopter.

Bell Airwolf From a tv show. A helicopter that could fly at supersonic speeds.

Aerospatiale Alouette II Helicopters known for their high altitude operations and precise handling.

Aerospatiale Alouette III A larger, more powerful, higher flying successor to the Alouette II

Aerospatiale AS 332 Super Puma Larger, more powerful verison of the Puma, used for off shore oil rig and VIP transport.

Aerospatiale AS 350 Ecureuil Popular TV news helicopter sold in 43 countries around the world.

Eurocopter AS 355 Relatively small, inexpensive, solid performing utility helicopter.

Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar Versatile medium size helicopter used in military and civil aviation around the world.

Agusta Westland AW109 Grand Holds the helicopter speed record for circumnavigating the earth.

Agusta Westland AW139 Medium size utility helicopter used by companies and governments throughout the world.

Agusta Westland AW609 Latest tiltrotor helicopter that should start deliveries to clients in 2016.

Brantly B-2 Popular two seat light helicopter produced since 1953.

Bell 205 Civilian version of the widely used military helicopter.

Bell 206 Jet Ranger First helicopter ever to fly around the earth.

Bell 212 Modern twin engine version of the original Huey

Bell 214 Powerful medium size utility helicopter developed from the UH-1

Bell 214ST Largest of the Bell series of twin engine helicopters, once used by the Iraq military against Iran.

Bell 222 First U.S. light helicopter.

Bell 407 Medium light single engine utility helicopter with four blade main rotor known for its smooth hover.

Bell 412 An improved version of the 212.

Bristol Belvedere The first British RAF twin engine, tandem rotor helicopter used as a transport.

MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 German - Japanese joint production helicopter often used as an air ambulance.

MBB Eurocopter BO 105 The first production helicopter with a rigid rotor system.

Boeing 234 Civilian transport version of their Chinook helicopter.

Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave Twin piston engine U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and USMC transport assault helicopter was the largest U.S. military helicopter from from 1953 to 1961.

Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight Main USMC medium helicopter since 1964.

Boeing CH-47 Chinook Mainstay medium helicopter for the U.S. Army since 1962.

Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion Largest U.S. helicopter ever produced.

Sikorsky CH-54/S-64 Sky Crane Holds the current FAI altitude load carrying record for helicopters.

Eurocopter Dauphin Popular twin engine, Fenstron equipped, utility helicopter.

Eurocopter EC 120 Popular low cost light utility helicopter in use around the world.

Eurocopter EC 135 Said to be the quietest of all the world helicopters.

Eurocopter EC 145 Twin engine, medium helicopter that are used primarily for emergency rescue.

Eurocopter EC225 Latest in the line of Puma utility helicopters.

EH Industries EH101 Merlin (now Agusta Westland AW101) Large helicopter used for ASW, SAR, mine detecting, utility, and as a VIP transport.

Focke Achgelis FA-223 Drach World's first operational transport helicopter.

Flettner FL 282 Kolibri German World War II helicopter used successfully for reconnaissance by its Navy and for SAR missions by the Luftwaffe.

Focke Wulf FW-61 The world's first fully controllable helicopter.

Compcop G-1 Said to be the world's smallest helicopter, although none have been seen flying.

Aerospatiale Gazelle The helicopter flown by the British Blue Eagles team.

GEN H-4 Recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest of the world helicopters.

Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly The first of the helicopters dedicated to rescue.

Bell H-13 Sioux First medivac helicopter assigned to Korean MASH hospitals.

Piasecki H-21 First ever U.S. helicopter to fly non-stop coast to coast.

Kaman HH-43 Huskie Used by the U.S.A.F. for SAR and as an air tanker starting in the 1950's.

Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk U.S.A.F. helicopter used primarily for SAR.

Eurocopter HH-65A Dolphin US Coast Guard SAR helicopter

Piasecki HRP-1 The original helicopter employing tandem rotors.

Hughes 300 The basis for one of the most successful light helicopter families.

Piasecki HUP Retriever Flew with the U.S. Army, Marines, and Navy. Best known for rescuing downed Naval aviators, it was also used as a transport and ASW helicopter.

Kamov Ka-25 Used by Russia for submarine detection, SAR, and as a transport helicopter.

Kamov Ka-26 Utility helicopter with a wide range of missions, especially agriculture.

Kamov Ka-27 co-axial utility helicopter.

Kamov Ka-32 Utility helicopter exported around the world by Russia.

Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark First helicopter with jet fighter-like ejection seats.

Kaman K-Max World's first dedicated cargo hauling helicopter.

MD Helicopters MD 500 Known as a reliable, economical, light helicopter.

McDonnell MD 520N NOTAR helicopter.

Boeing MH-47E All weather special operations version of the Chinook helicopter used by the U.S. Army.

MH-68A USCG helicopter used for maritime patrol against drug smugglers.

Mil Mi-2 Hoplite A utility Russian design helicopter, built by PZL in Poland, used by the military armed with air to surface missiles, in agriculture and civil aviation.

Mil Mi-4 Hound Primarily used by the Soviet military, it was also used for agriculture and as an air tanker.

Mil Mi-6 Hook Huge Soviet helicopter, used primarily as a transport.

Mil Mi-8 The most widely used world helicopters, mostly as troop transports.

Mil Mi-12 Largest helicopters ever built.

Mil Mi-14 Haze Primary anti submarine warfare and search and rescue helicopters of the Soviet Union.

Mil Mi-17 Workhorse Russian helicopter, produced for export, used by military and civil aviation.

Mil Mi-24 Hind Famous Soviet helicopter used extensively in Afghanistan.

Mil Mi-26 Halo Largest and most powerful helicopter currently in service.

Mil Mi-28 Havoc Helicopter gunship for battlefield use against tanks and heavy armor.

Mil Mi-34 Hermit Light weight, highly maneuverable, economical to operate helicopter used as a military trainer and civil helicopter.

NH Industries NH90 Utility helicopter built for NATO countries.

Hughes OH-6 Cayuse Set the still standing helicopter distance without refueling record of 2,213 miles.

Bell OH-58 Kiowa The first U.S. military helicopter built with an all glass cockpit.

Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly World's first mass production helicopter.

Robinson R22 Simple, inexpensive, reliable, economical, easy to fly, forgiving, all describe this popular light helicopter.

Robinson R44 Four seat version of the R22.

Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche Costly experimental stealth helicopter project that was canceled in 2004.

Schweizer 330 Originally designed as a lightweight U.S. Army training helicopter, it went on to become a popular utility helicopter.

Sikorsky S-55 First U.S. Army dedicated transport helicopter.

Sikorsky S-58 Chocktaw Versatile 18 seat helicopter used by the U.S. military, and later exported throughout the world.

Sikorsky S-61 Sea King Official helicopter of U.S. president designated Marine One, also used for S&R, oil platform supply and passenger transport.

Sikorsky S-62 Seaguard Single turbine engine helicopter used for SAR by the U.S.C.G. from 1963 through 1989.

Sikorsky S-70 Civilian Black Hawk helicopter.

Sikorsky S-76 Spirit High performance civil executive transport helicopter.

Sikorsky S-92 Mid size, twin engine, single rotor helicopter used by the military and in civil aviation, most notably as a utility transport and for SAR.

Aerospatiale SA-315 Lama Hold's the helicopter altitude record.

Aerospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon The largest production European helicopter.

Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma The first all-weather helicopter to be produced outside of the Soviet Union.

Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Twin turbine powered helicopter primarily used by the U.S.N. for ASW, SAR, mine sweeping, and anti-shipping duties.

Atlas Rooivalk Advanced armed attack helicopter built in South Africa.

Kaman SH-2 Seasprite U.S. Navy helicopter used primarily for anti-submarine warfare.

Enstrom Shark Successful light piston engine helicopter used for training, transport and agriculture.

Bell Super Cobra Improved twin engine version of the original Cobra helicopter.

Bristol Sycamore First British produced helicopter certified as air-worthy. Used for SAR and air ambulence by the military.

Eurocopter Tiger Battlefield helicopter of Europe.

Bell UH-1 Huey Well known as the primary Vietnam transport helicopter.

Bell UH-1Y The latest in the line of the most widely produced helicopter in the West today.

Hiller UH-12 Raven Light U.S.helicopter that pioneered the "rotor-matic" control system.

Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk Primary United States Army transport helicopter of today.

American Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota Newest U.S. Army light utility helicopter.

Boeing Bell V-22 Osprey Tilt rotor aircraft, lifting off as a helicopter and flying with the speed of an airplane.

Westland Scout Light weight observation and anti-tank helicopter used by the British Army through 1994.

PZL Swidnik W-3 Sokol Twin turbine engine middle weight military and civilian transport helicopter, built in Poland.

Westland Wasp Primary English Royal Navy ASW and SAR helicopter used through 1965.

Westland Wessex Version of the Sikorsky H-34 built in Great Britain, used as a ASW and tactical support helicopter.

Westland Whirlwind Helicopter The first English Royal Navy helicopter used for ASW missions from 1957 through 1977.

Sikorsky X2 The fastest rotorcraft in the world.

Westland ZB-500 Lynx The official helicopter speed record holder.

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