Piasecki H-21
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The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter. Commonly called "the flying banana", it was a
A US Army Piasecki H-21
Piasecki H-21 cockpit
Piasecki H-21 cabin interior looking towards the cockpit
A Shawnee over rice paddies in Vietnam
Sikorsky H-34
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The Sikorsky H-34 is an American piston-engined military utility helicopter originally designed by Sikorsky as an anti-submarine warfare aircraft for the United States Navy. A development of the small
Piasecki H-21
…Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre) experimented with arming the Sikorsky S-55, then being superseded in service by the more capable Piasecki H-21 and Sikorsky H-34 helicopters. Some French Air Force and Army aviation H-21C helicopters were subsequently armed with fixed, forward-firing rockets and machine guns. A…
A United States Army CH-34
A U.S. Coast Guard HUS-1G in 1960.
Row of Westland Wessex HU.5, 1978
A U.S. Navy HSS-1 with dipping sonar deployed, in 1960.