The Helio Courier is a cantilever high-wing light STOL utility aircraft designed in 1949.
A restored Helio Courier in flight
Helio Courier H-295 on floats, Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, AK
Helio Courier slow flight
Helio Courier in hangar at JAARS
The Lycoming GO-480 is a family of six-cylinder, horizontally opposed fixed-wing aircraft engines of 479.6 cubic inch displacement, made by Lycoming Engines. The engine is a six-cylinder version of th
Helio Courier
…Aircraft Company. The design featured four leading-edge slats that deployed automatically, and large trailing-edge flaps. The engine was the 295 hp Lycoming GO-480, which had a gearbox that lowered the output RPM and allowed for the use of a large three-bladed propeller to further improve takeoff performance…
Lycoming GO-480-B1 on display at the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim