Bell HSL ASW Helicopter (Naval Fighters, 70) - Softcover

Ginter, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942612701 ISBN 13: 9780942612707

Publisher: Steve Ginter, 2006

Synopsis

The Bell company won a Navy design competition in June 1950 for a helicopter specifically for anti-submarine warfare. This design, Bell Model 61, was the only Bell helicopter using the tandem-rotor layout; it was powered by a 2400 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-50 engine and was intended to carry air-to-surface missiles such as the Fairchild Petrel, as well as dipping ASDIC. Three XHSL-1 were ordered the first of these flying on March 4, 1953, followed by a production contract for 78, including 18 destined for the Britain's Fleet Air Arm.

About this title

About the Author

Upon graduation from college, Steve Ginter was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy and became a pilot. After leaving the Navy he entered into corporate human resources at the management level. Steve Ginter founded Ginter Books, Naval Fighters Series in 1980 while working in district and regional management positions for Thrifty Drugs. In the 1990s the Air Force Legends Series was launched. Between the two series, over 112 books have been published thus far promoting the colorful history of military aircraft in America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Steve Ginter
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0942612701
• ISBN 13: 9780942612707
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 88