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U. S. Army XH-40 Helicopter Development Program, Progress Report #2, USAF Contract 33 (600)-30229
Film clips of test flights and product tests for the XH-40 helicopter with a XT53 turbine engine. Narration provides technical details about the tests performed and the features of the XH-40.
Date:
1956~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The XH-40 Flight Demonstration]
Video footage of Bell Helicopters' XH-40 flight demonstration for the U. S. Army. The XH-40 is a six-place, turboshaft-powered light helicopter, designed with the primary mission of battlefield medical evacuation. Operated by one or two pilots, it could carry four passengers. Bell Aircraft Corporation Chief Pilot Floyd W. Carlson and Chief Experimental Test Pilot Elton J. Smith made the first flight of the Bell Model 204 (designated XH-40-BF serial number 55-4459 by the United States Army) at Bell’s helicopter factory in Hurst, Texas.
Date:
October 20, 1956
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library