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Poslao: 19 Jul 2017 13:58
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Birth of the Cobra
Citat:“There were about eight of us engineers out there,” says Sewell. “And the process of building that first Cobra went very smoothly.” Starting with the tail boom of a Huey, they used the UH-1’s tail rotor, drive shaft, transmission, and engine. “Then we built from scratch everything from the front end of the tail boom up to the nose,” he says. “All of that was new on the Cobra.” Visual impact was also critical. “Bell really wanted everything about it to look sleek and very fast—more along the lines of a jet fighter than a helicopter.”
Ahead of schedule and within five percent of budget, “we flew in five months and 28 days from the day we started,” says Folse. On August 28, 1965, ship one, by then known as Model 209, was placed on a flatbed truck, covered with a tarp, and hauled to an empty former American Airlines facility at Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Field. After engine run-up tests, Bell test pilot Bill Quinlan pulled back the cyclic and lifted off one week later. About 20 high-ranking Army observers now privy to the project witnessed the 10-minute flight. “The government got interested real fast,” says Folse.
http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/13_au.....GD2HLHE.99
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Poslao: 05 Avg 2017 08:27
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Rumuni traze ponudu
Prime Minister Mihai Tudose met with representatives of Bell Helicopter
Citat:Prime Minister Mihai Tudose along with National Defence Minister Adrian Tutuianu, Minister of Economy Mihai Fifor, Chief of General Staff, General Nicolae Ciuca, and Chief of Air Force Staff, Lieutenant-General Laurian Anastasof held discussions with representatives of Bell Helicopter at Government headquarters, on Wednesday, August 3.
After the talks, the Defence Minister Adrian Tutuianu, signed a letter of intent asking for prices and availability for the acquisition of attack helicopters that will be addressed to the US Government,
The meeting at the Government House was preceded by a technical discussion at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defence.
In the period ahead, thorough discussions will be held between representatives of the Ministry of Economy and those of Bell Helicopter regarding the setting up of a joint venture, as well as technological and know-how transfer allowing the production of helicopters on Romania’s soil.
This decision will have a considerable direct impact on the economic development of our country, while being at the same time a security generator in the area.
We mention that the decision on the purchase of attack helicopters is based on the procurement plan recently approved by the Supreme Council for National Defence.
http://gov.ro/en/news/prime-minister-mihai-tudose-.....opter#null
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