The Forgotten Bell HSL-1: US Navy's First All-Weather Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopter  094261270X

The Forgotten Bell HSL-1: US Navy's First All-Weather Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopter

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Series Naval Fighters Number 70

Publisher/Brand Ginter

Author Steve Ginter

Format a4

No. Pages 88

Version Soft cover

Language English

Category Aviationbooks

Subcategory US » US Helicopters

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Product description

The Bell company won a Navy design competition in June 1950 for a helicopter specifically for anti-submarine warfare. This design, Bell Model 61, was the only Bell helicopter using the tandem-rotor layout ; it was powered by a 2400 hp Pratt & Whitney
R-2800-50 engine and was intended to carry air-to-surface missiles such as the Fairchild Petrel, as well as dipping ASDIC. Three XHSL-1 were ordered the first of these flying on March 4, 1953, followed by a production contract for 78, including 18 destined for the Britain's Fleet Air Arm.