General Information

Serial #

32014

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL; SYNTHETIC; RUBBER/.4 STEEL WITH RUBBER HANDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

12.9 m

Width

2.6 m

Height

4.5 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bell

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Fort Worth

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

INITIAL ENTRY AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS WAS ON MAY 28, 1971 & RETIRED SOMETIME BETWEEN MAY 1996 & JULY 1997

Canada

THE CANADIAN FORCES USED THE TWIN HUEYS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THEY HAD A FLEET OF 43 HELICOPTERS.

Function

CANADIAN FORCES USED THE CH-135 TWIN HUEY HELICOPTERS AS TROOP AND CARGO TRANSPORTS, RECONNAISSANCE, COMMAND AND CONTROL, MEDICAL EVACUATION AND SEARCH AND RESCUE.

Technical

THE TWIN-PACK ENGINE SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED BY UNITEDTECHNOLOGIES OF CANADA, WHO LATER BECAME PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Manufacturer's plate on port door frame reads: "[BELL HELICOPTER LOGO]/ BELL HELICOPTER/ COMPANY/ FORTH WORTH, TEXAS/ A DIVISION OF [EXTRON LOGO]/ INC./ MANUFACTURERS/ SERIAL NO. 212/ CUSTOMERS MODEL/ CUH-IN/ MANUFACTURERS/ SERIAL NO. 32014/ CUSTOMERS/ SERIAL NO./ 135114/ TYPE/ CERT./ [BLANK]/ PROD/ CERT./ [B]/ CONTRACT NO./ DAAJ01-70-C0234/ ENGINE TYPE/ T400-CP-400/ ACCEPTED/ 5-71/ LICENSED UNDER U.S. AIRPLANE PATENTS OF ALL MEMBERS MANUFACTURERS/ AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, INC./ M.A.A. PLATE NO. 426987"/.4 raised lettering on handle: "42D8331"; hand written with marker on head: "A/C 114"

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 PAINTED DARK GREEN AND BLACK (CAMOUFLAGE)/.4 RED WITH BLACK HANDLE

Decoration

N/A