BEE-HIVE PICTORIAL REPORT
1969 P&W JETS & ROCKET_ROTARY FLIGHT_APOLLO_HAMILTON STANDARD
QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF UNITED AIRCRAFT
PRATT & WHITNEY JT9D JET ENGINE – CHALLENGE &
CAPABILITY
JET & ROCKET PROPULSION (JT8D, JT9D, TF30,
J52, ST9, RL10 LIQUID-HYDROGEN ROCKET ENGINE, FW-4 SOLID PROPELLANT MOTOR,
XLR-129, JT15D, JT3D TURBOFAN)
ROTARY WING FLIGHT (SIKORSKY S-64 / CH-54A TARHE SKYCRANE,
S-61N, USMC CH-53A SEA STALLION USMC, USAF ARRS HH-53C “SUPER JOLLY” AND HH-3E “JOLLY
GREEN GIANT”, USCG HH-3F PELICAN, WEST GERMAN HEERESFLIEGER CH-53D/G)
HAMILTON STANDARD CONTROLS
BUZZ ALDRIN APOLLO 11 LIFE-SUPPORT BACKPACK ON THE
MOON
ELECTRONICS
THE REWARDS OF RESEARCH
APOLLO 10 SOUTH PACIFIC RECOVERY SH-3D SEA KING
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Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia
The Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe is an American
twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter designed by Sikorsky Aircraft for the United
States Army. It is named after Tarhe (whose nickname was "The
Crane"), an 18th-century chief of the Wyandot Indian tribe. The civil
version is the S-64 Skycrane.
Initial work on the Sikorsky "sky-crane"
helicopters began in 1958 with the piston-engined Sikorsky S-60. The first
flight of the turboshaft-powered S-64 Skycrane was on 9 May 1962.
The United States Army eventually purchased 105,
designating them CH-54. Used in Vietnam for transport and downed-aircraft
retrieval, it was highly successful. As of 2014, it holds the helicopter record
for highest altitude in level flight at 11,000 m (36,000 ft), set in 1971[3]
and fastest climb to 3,000[4] 6,000, and 9,000[6] m (10,000, 20,000, and 30,000
ft).
The S-64 had a six-blade main rotor and was
powered by two 4,050 shaft horsepower (3,020 kW) Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A
turboshaft engines. The prototype S-64 first flew on 9 May 1962 and was
followed by two further examples for evaluation by the German armed forces. The
Germans did not place an order, but the United States Army placed an initial
order for six S-64A helicopters (with the designation YCH-54A Tarhe). Seven
S-64E variants were built by Sikorsky for the civil market.
