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Description
| Manufacturer: | Helio | |
| Base model: | U-24 | |
| Designation: | AU-24 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Stallion | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1952-Present | |
| Basic role: | Utility | |
| Modified Mission: | Tactical support | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Tim Pugh , OH | Just happened upon this sight on the stallion while reminissing about my 2 flights in one. Was around 1990 and it appeared at a skydiving ebent i was attending. always remember it as the pilot brought it in on the grass runway from side to side less than 100 yds. with plenty of space to stop and turn to reload. was a great experience. 04/26/2008 @ 19:11 [ref: 20726] |
| Ly Ieng Heng Atlanta, GA | Hi All AU24 Lovers,
Surprised, surprised, there is a survived Khmer Air Force AU24 pilot still alive in the USA. My name is Ly Ieng Heng, a former Captain Khmer Air Force pilot who flew AU24 Stallion starting May 1973 to April 17, 1975 in Cambodia. I had attended a first flying training school at Point Cook, Number One Flying Training School in Australia along with Royal Australian Armed Forces (RAAF). The AU24 is the best airplane in action. This baby can carry five (5) 250 pounds bombs under the wings and fusulage, or twenty eight (28) rockets under the wings along with 500 rounds of 20mm side gun. It also can carry flares at night. I flew Winjeel for the basic training (124 hours) and Cessna 150 (150 hours) for tactical flying and secret field landing at night with the RAAF, and nothing compared to flying AU24 in action during the war in Cambodia. Love you all, Former Cambodian Pilot, Heng I. Ly (EON 8A) 11/30/2007 @ 19:02 [ref: 18742] |
| David Fisher Ardmore, OK | I have been researching different aircraft and have zeroed in on the Helio Stallion. I presently have a piper pa 18/160. It is a little slow for distance travel. I love the short take off and landing capability. I saw a picture of a Helio Stallion at the Prescott, Az air show. I was wondering if it was for sale and how to contact the owner.
Thanks for the Help David Fisher Ps phone numbers are also helpfull 11/08/2007 @ 18:50 [ref: 18471] |
| Darrell Babb , FL | I participated in the USAF evaluation of the AU-24 at Eglin AFB, Fl In 1972. I was assigned as a gunner/sensor operator/load master and any other thing a two man crew needed to do. I became the Stan Eval Flight
Examiner for gunners on both the AU-24 as well as the AU-23. Before the program terminated we brought Vietnamese air crews to Eglin and trained them on these systems with the idea of taking them to Vietnam for the completion of combat testing. They were deemed to be too vunerable to ground fire/missiles for that enviorment. A fun aircraft that had a few problems. The rest is history. I could probably locate 6/8 of the gunners that participated if the need should arise! 09/14/2006 @ 15:36 [ref: 14168] |
| Stephen Ruby Oshkosh, WI | International Helio Association website is up for those of you interested in the Stallion and any other of Helio's legendary C/STOL line of aircraft...
You may go here: http://www.helioassociation.org For contact info: www.vintageaircraft.org and click on Type Clubs Stephen 03/13/2006 @ 15:16 [ref: 12788] |
| Stephen Ruby Oshkosh, WI | Greetings to all "Stallion" fans:
To those interested in seeing the only 2 flying Stallions in the world can attend next year's EAA AirVenture 2006, the dates, July 24-30. We hope to have one of them parked in front of the "Antique Classic Red Barn" area just south of Aero Shell square. We will have our Type Club table inside the tent behind this area and it is clearly marked, so if you attend, please stop by and say hello.. Pictures of the Helio Stallion can be seen at this website: www.heliocourier.net we will keep you posted as to what days they will be in attendance. If you have never seen this fantastic machine in person now's your chance.... Thank You in advance, Blue Skies, International Helio Association 09/11/2005 @ 11:58 [ref: 11198] |
| Vincent , CA | While working as a tour operator back in about '79, I took a group to Grand Canyon Airlines to fly over the canyon. We were loaded into an ex-military Helio Stallion, with me in the co-pilot's seat. It was the most fun I've ever had flying! The plane seemed to jump off of the runway after going only about 175 feet! As we flew over the tree tops approaching the rim, the pilot put her nose down to give us a feeling of weightlessness as the canyon opened up below us. It was very surreal and VERY cool. 06/22/2005 @ 13:43 [ref: 10544] |
| T.X. Hart Sequim, WA | Hey.
I was associated with Alaska Air Guides in the mid 1976/77 and they had 3 Stallions shipped from Nam to Coffee Ville Ks. to be repaired near the" closed" Helio factory. Mike Redman ferried one N550 to Anchorage for our use I remember we loaded an oil well drill collar in to it!!!! and it flew.and Mike was not a lite wt. The FAA made us put the stick force aug. back in, the AirForce used a lead bob weight on the control stick and it worked well, all the time.I heard N550 was destroyed in Fl? 11/24/2004 @ 22:21 [ref: 8706] |
| Stephen Ruby Oshkosh, WI | The Helio Stallion was originally developed for the civilian market in response to the growing need of a single-engine turbine STOL aircraft. As usual the military saw great
potential for this prototype. Under the type certificate# A4EA The Helio HST-550 was built in late 1963. Two powerplants were offered: (PT6A-6 550shp)and the Garrett TPE-331-1(600shp)after numerous dvelopment problems i,e: gear-box, and hot-section failures, the Garrett was dropped in favor of the PT6. The second prototype Stallion HST-550A was the aircraft evaluated for the U.S.A.F. Credible Chase program. This particular Stallion was certified in August of 1969, and was billed as the fastest single-engine STOL by the FAA with a max cruise of 228mph! since the FAA did not know how to deal with a stall-proof airplane a stick-force augementation system(SFAS) was installed. As airspeed slows, a vane on the left wing senses angle-of-attack and increasing pressures on the stick results in factors up to a net force of 50lbs. These airplanes were dive-tested to 282mph. and flown up 7.3g's. with the more powerful PT6A-27(680shp). Gross weight civilian: 5800lbs. Military: 6300lbs. The competing Pilatus PC-6(AU-23) Porter was significantly slower and could not perform nearly as well. Today, only 2 Stallions are in civilian hands. The Helio Stallion is a fantastic machine, indeed!. Sincerely, Int'l Helio Assoc. 09/17/2004 @ 10:38 [ref: 8280] |
| richard avery elder morgantown, KY | if a harrier carrier were built and named appropriately, would the au-24a be able to fly off her?
sincerely, butch 08/25/2004 @ 15:30 [ref: 8145] |
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