Piasecki Helicopter H - 16 Yh - 16 Yh - 16A Pv - 15 Transporter 01270 US AIR FORCE PHOTO
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Reference Number: Avaluer:2865011 | Original/Reprint: Original Print |
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This was the second of two of these heavy transport helicopters built for the USAF. The first, Piasecki Model PV-15 XH-16 Transporter, s/n 50-1269 was powered by two 1, 650 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2180-11 radials and flew for the first time on October 23, 1953. The pictured second helicopter was powered by two 1, 800 shp Allison YT-38-A-10 turboshafts and flew for the first time in ...December 1955.
The YH-16A established an unofficial world record achieving 166 mls (267 kmh) a few days before it crashed on January 5, 1956
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