User talk:Born2flie/AH-56 Cheyenne
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[edit] Citations
Need to cite works. --Born2flie 10:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] To Do
[edit] History
- Previous U.S. Army gunship development
- AAFSS
[edit] Development
- Roll-out/Christening: 3 May 1967 (Robb)
- First flight: 21 September 1967 (Robb)
- Public demonstration flight: 12 December 1967 (Robb)
- Production contract: January 1968 (Attack, Robb)
- Test flight program
- Weapons/Systems integration
- Development problems
- Requirements Document: (Attack)
- 1/2p hop rotor issue (Robb)
- Non-fatal and fatal accidents caused by rotor system: 12 March 1969, off the coast of California, sliced aircraft in two, killed pilot. Nov 1969, NASA Ames Research Center, 10th prototype destroyed. (Robb)
- CURE notice (Attack)
- Cancellation of production contract (Attack, Robb)
- Continuing development (Attack)
- Cost-Reduction Initiative (Attack)
- 1971 fly-off with S-67 Blackhawk and Bell 309 King Cobra. (Attack)
- 1972 - Marks Board (Attack, AAH)
- 1972 - Congressional report on Close Air Support (Attack, AAH, Ronin)
- 1972 - Cancellation of the AH-56 Cheyenne program (Attack, AAH, Ronin)
[edit] Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1962 | |
| June | Bell displays D-255 "Iroquois Warrior" based on UH-1B components. |
| December | Army drafts QMR for 140-knot attack helicopter with 1,500-pound payload. |
| 1963 | |
| April | Army develops QMDO for compound helicopter with 195-knot cruise speed, 220-knot dash speed, 6000 feet PA HOGE @ 95 °F (35 °C). |
| 1964 | |
| March | CSA re-designates FAS as AAFSS |
| August | RFP issued to 148 competitors |
| 1965 | |
| February | Lockheed and Sikorsky announced as design winners |
| November | Lockheed selected to build Cheyenne as AAFSS |
| 1966 | |
| March | Lockheed awarded contract for Engineering and Development |
| 1967 | |
| ??? | Production contract awarded to Lockheed for 375 production aircraft |
| May | First prototype introduced |
| September | First flight of prototype |
| 1968 |
[edit] References
- Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (1973). "An Abridged History of the Army Attack Helicopter Program" (pdf). . Department of the Army
- Bonin, John A., MAJ, USA (1986). "Towards the Third Dimension in Combined Arms: The Evolution of Armed Helicopters into Air Maneuver Units in Vietnam" (pdf). . Command and General Staff College
- Government Accounting Officer (1974). "Staff Study: Advanced Attack Helicopter" (pdf).
- Apostolo, Giorgio (1984). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters. New York: Bonanza Books. ISBN 9780517439357.
- Taylor, John William Ransom (1969). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1969-70. London: Jane's Yearbooks.
- Robb, Raymond L. (Summer 2006). "Hybrid helicopters: Compounding the quest for speed." (pdf). Vertiflite. American Helicopter Society.
- Department of the Army Historical Summary, 1969.
- Department of the Army Historical Summary, 1970.
- Letter to the editor of ARMY magazine by COL.(Ret.) CECIL L. SHRADER, USA, Georgetown, Texas.
[edit] External Links
- FAS
- Global Security
[edit] Comments
I copied a couple of your references from here and added to main AH-56 article. I'll try to make use of them. -Fnlayson (talk) 20:22, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Jeff, that is no problem at all. You're welcome to take anything I'm working on to apply it to a mainspace article. I just build them here, when I get a source or get around to it. --Born2flie (talk) 22:58, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sure. Just trying to do things the right way and give credit where it is due. Doing some edits here and on the main space article, I noticed there's an AH-56 WarbirdTech book. I never would have thought to look for that. And it's less than $10 on Amazon. :) -Fnlayson (talk) 23:05, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
