Home

Museums

Manufacturers

Mission

Airshows

Performers


Bell AH-1S 'Huey Cobra'

Description
Notes: Upgraded UH-lF modified to perform classified missions.
  Manufacturer:Bell
  Base model:AH-1
  Designation:AH-1
  Version:S
  Nickname:Huey Cobra
  Designation System:U.S. Tri-Service
  Designation Period:1962-Present
  Basic role:Helicopter
  Modified Mission:Attack
  Crew:Pilot and gunner

Specifications
  Length: 52' 11.5" 16.1 m
  Height:13' 6.25" 4.1 m
  Wingspan: 44' 0" 13.4 m
  Wingarea: 1,520.5 sq ft 141.2 sq m
  Empty Weight: 6,479 lb 2,938 kg
  Max Weight: 10,000 lb 4,535 kg

Propulsion
  No. of Engines: 1
  Powerplant: Lycoming T53-L-703
  Horsepower (each): 1800

Performance
  Range: 315 miles 507 km
  Max Speed: 141 mph 227 km/h 122 kt
  Climb: 1,620 ft/min 493 m/min
  Ceiling: 12,200 ft 3,718 m

Known serial numbers
76-22567 / 76-22610, 76-22692 / 76-22713, 77-22729 / 77-22762, 77-22763 / 77-22810, 78-23043 / 78-23092 , 78-23093 / 78-23125 , 78-23167 / 78-23174 , 79-23187 / 79-23252 , 79-23390 / 79-23393 , 80-23510 / 80-23521 , 81-23526 / 81-23540 , 82-24055 / 82-24064 , 82-24065 / 82-24076 , 82-24077 / 82-24100 , 83-24065 / 83-24076 , 83-24189 / 83-24199 , 661534 , 691643 , 712098 , 712103 , 722791 / 722792

Examples of this type may be found at
MuseumCityState
Air Mobility Command MuseumDover AFBDelaware
Pima Air & Space MuseumTucsonArizona
United States Army Aviation MuseumOzarkAlabama

AH-1S on display

Air Mobility Command Museum

Pima Air & Space Museum

United States Army Aviation Museum
  


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Stefan B. Walter
 Kaiserslautern / Germany, AL
Dear Sirīs,

do you have any idea where we will be able to get a helicopter (Bell UH, Cobra, Bo 105) as a domation?
We want to give it a fine place nearby our house as a attracion.
As you can see at our homepage we build model-aircrafts and submarines .. have a look at it (www.aeronautica-fm.de)
... thanks

regards
Stefan Walter
05/07/2007 @ 09:09 [ref: 16420]
 Michael Seel
 mesa, AZ
A very clean cut piece of machinery. It's kind of like the old Dodge Hemi's. They were made to do one thing and one thing only; go fast. This bird was desighned to do one thing and one thing only; get your attention.
10/27/2002 @ 23:30 [ref: 5972]

 

Recent photos uploaded by our visitors