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Piasecki HRP-2 'Rescuer'

Description
  Manufacturer:Piasecki
  Base model:HRP
  Designation:HRP
  Version:-2
  Nickname:Rescuer
  Designation System:U.S. Navy / Marines
  Designation Period:1944-1962
  Basic role:Helicopter, Transport

Specifications
  Length: 54' 16.4 m
  Wingspan: 41' 12.5 m
  Gross Weight: 7,225 lb 3,276 kg

Propulsion
  No. of Engines: 1
  Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1
  Horsepower (each): 600

Performance
  Max Speed: 104 mph 167 km/h 90 kt

Known serial numbers
111829 / 111833


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Morley Johnson
 , WI
I was a flight engineer on the Air Force version of this helicopter in 1958, the H-21. The engine was an 1820.

The H-21 was among the first helicopters in Viet Nam. See the article in the New Yorker magazine about the General John Paul Vann, probably publshed in the late 90's.

We flew three H-21's in West Texas in the late 50's, retrieving high altitude air samples parachuted from stratospheric baloons.
12/07/2005 @ 21:36 [ref: 11903]

 

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