Piasecki Helicopter
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The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation was an American designer and manufacturer of helicopters in Philadelphia and nearby Morton, Pennsylvania, in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Its founder, Frank Piasec
XHRP-1 during flight trials (1946)
YH-16 prototype in flight
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
Piasecki Helicopter
…seating to side-by-side instead of tandem; however, the limited power meant only five were built, all for the Coast Guard. In 1949, Piasecki provided the H-21 Workhorse to the United States Air Force, an improved version of the HRP-2 with a more powerful Wright R-1820 Cyclone radial engine. Piasecki's tandem-rotor…
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