H-16 Piasecki Helicopter with Swivel Stand/Trading Card

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1/96 Scale. Measures 9.75 inches long. Features movable rotors and operating cargo door. Includes swivel display stand and collectible trading card. Comes molded in silver, clear with decals and instructions. The H-16 Transporter Helicopter was an early tandem-rotor design being developed for Transport or Rescue by Piasecki. The prototypes were being evaluated by the United States Air Force and Army, but a crash of the second test aircraft in 1956 LED to cancelling the project and it never went into production. It was to be the world's largest transport helicopter. The first prototype rolled into public view in September of 1953. The Transporter as it is called was originally conceived as a long-range Rescue helicopter but its potential load carrying capacities LED both the Army and Air Force to explore its possibilities for military USAge. The H-16 weighed more than twice as much as the largest helicopter in service at the time and could carry 40 troops, 32 litter patients, or 3 Jeeps. With a fuselage that was nearly 78 feet long and the combined rotor span of a 134 feet, the Transporter had a faster cruising speed than any other helicopter in service. It had a gross weight in exc