Piasecki Tandem Rotor Helicopter Introduced 1955

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Piasecki H-16 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_H-16

The Piasecki H-16 Transporter was a tandem-rotor transport or rescue helicopter designed by Frank Piasecki and built by Piasecki Helicopter initially as the PV-15. The prototypes were evaluated by the US Air Force and US Army, but the crash of the second test aircraft led to cancelling the project.

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[memonk11]

Great channel but that's not a H-21. It's a YH-16A.

[airboyd]

@memonk11 You're right. I have the H-21 in another video. Somehow I missed that distinctive bend that's a dead giveaway...

[MrKropekking]

grandfather of chinook

[jerilpeterson]

thank you for posting. My Dad was the pilot.

[jakoury256]

Frank only built one and when it crashed it was deemed to expensive to continue the program.

[sprinter4]

Thank you for posting, My uncle Harold Peterson and George Callaghan were the 2 pilots that crashed. They were never put in service only test flights.

[memonk11]

@airboyd Sorry to nit pick. Your channel is fantastic!. Thank you so much for your posts.

[daguy1234]

HOLY BANANAS!

[kmg501]

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Did these see a lot of service? I read that they were put to use but I don't recall ever seeing these before.

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[JustForFun248]

looks like the early chinook