1955: The Army selects Bell Helicopter from among 20 competing companies to build the first turbine-powered helicopter. Bell’s design, the XH-40, later becomes the HU-1 Iroquois (later still UH-1), the famous “Huey” from Vietnam.
1955: The Army selects Bell Helicopter from among 20 competing companies to build the first turbine-powered helicopter. Bell’s design, the XH-40, later becomes the HU-1 Iroquois (later still UH-1), the famous “Huey” from Vietnam.