XD2850 " The XHJD-I " Circa 1948 McDonnell Aircraft Promo Film XHJH Whirlaway Experimental Twin-Rotor Helicopter - PeriscopeFilm

XD2850 ” The XHJD-I ” Circa 1948 McDonnell Aircraft Promo Film XHJH Whirlaway Experimental Twin-Rotor Helicopter

“The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation St. Louis, Missouri Presents”, “XHJD-1 Twin Engine/Rotor Helicopter (Whirlaway)”,

“Twin Engine Helicopter”, “Developed in Collaboration with the Bureau of Aeronautics for the U.S. Navy”,

“The McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway, aka McDonnell Model 37, was a 1940s American experimental transverse-rotor helicopter designed and built by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation for the United States Navy and was the largest helicopter at the time, as well as the first successful twin-engined twin-rotor helicopter in the world.[1][2][3][4]”

“In 1944, the United States Navy issued a requirement for a large rescue helicopter with capacity for ten occupants. The design was originally designated XHJD-1; shortly after flying it was re-designated the XHJH-1. It was derived from the single-engined, twin rotor Platt-LePage XR-1. “

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