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The Bell 47

The Bell 47 is very unique helicopter. The Bell 47 was built in the 1950s by
Arthur M. Young. The Bell 47 is now in mass production by the Bell helicopter
company Headquartered in Fort Worth ,TX. Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada,
India, Italy, Japan, Peru, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom and United
States all use Bell 47s.  The Bell 47 is a single rotor single engine light utility
helicopter. The Bell 47 was first available for public use on 8 March 1946.
More than 5,600 Bell 47 were produced from 1946 to 2019. The Bell 47 has 16
different kinds. The Bell 47A is a version of the original Bell 47. It is powered by
a single Franklin O-335-1 piston engine. This engine can perform about 117kW
of output power.

A Bell 47 in Switzerland

The Bell 47 Versus The H-5

The Bell 47 and H-5 are alike and also different. The Sikorsky helicopter  H-5,
also known as S-51 and the Bell 47 were made by a Sikorsky design VS-327.
These helicopters are both made by Sikorsky Aircraft Company. The Bell 47
and the H-5 were both used in war. The Bell 47 went to  U.S. military in the late
1940s. The H-5 and Bell 47 both are utility helicopters. Sikorsky H-5
helicopter was a three rotor helicopter as the bell 47 was a two rotor helicopter.
They were both used by the British army and made by Westland aircraft under
license. That is how the Bell 47 and the H-5 are alike and also different.

The blueprints for a H-5.