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MD Helicopters MD 500: The Best Helicopter Family Yet?

17Jul

By Alexander PaskNo Comments

Helicopters

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. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-MD Helicopters MD 500 In 19...

30Jan

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Opinion

15 Best Helicopters in The World!

The first helicopters were produced in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Since then, hundreds of thousands of helicopters have been produced, in hundreds of different variants, but which are the best helicopters in the world? However, as with other types of aircraft, there have been several different types of helicopters developed. Among these are luxury helicopters, military helicopters, utility helicopters, training helicopters and more! This can make classifying the "best helicopters" rather difficult. Regardless, for the purposes of this article, I will focus on a combination of luxury, military and utility helicopters. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Sikorsky S-76 What do the Queen of England, Donald Trump and Burt Reynolds all have...

2Sep

By Salomón MarcoNo Comments

Executive

15 Cheapest Helicopters in the World

Helicopters are known for being a lot more expensive than private jets are. However, some helicopters are cheaper than others. So which are the cheapest helicopters on the market? I'm not here to say whether you should own your own helicopter, flight shaming will always be a thing. However, if you have the money, these are the helicopters you could buy! Recent years have seen the invention of kit helicopters, many of which cost less than $20,000. However, for the purposes of this article, I am only going to focus on production helicopters- ie. non-kit helicopters. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil ($2.4 Million) The AS350, previously known as the H125, is the most "expensive" helicopter in this article. Despite th...