MD Helicopters MD 500: The Best Helicopter Family Yet?
Now relegated to the pages of history, Hughes Helicopters was one of the largest helicopter manufacturers of its day. Among their most famous designs is the MD Helicopters MD 500 light helicopter, which originally began life as the Hughes 500.
Produced by three different companies (Hughes Helicopters, McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems and MD Helicopters) continuously since 1967, a total of 4,700 Hughes 500s (as it was originally known) have been built to date!
Beyond being one of the most produced helicopters in the world, the MD 500 is also one of the most famous, with a name that's known across almost every generation and that's synonymous with the word "helicopter" itself.
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