Agusta A-120 Helibus helicopter project

[hesham]

From my dear Stingray site,

http://stingraysrotorforum.activeboard.com/t36238012/agusta-of-italy/
http://crimso.msk.ru/Site/Crafts/Craft30455.htm

 

[Stingray]

Info and bigger photo:

Agusta A120 Helibus. The Italian company "Agusta" has made a name for himself in 1950 to license the manufacture of helicopters, the American firm "Bell", in the 1960s, it embarked on building a helicopter company licensed "Sikorsky". In 1968, the firm's management presented the two programs on the development of rotary-wing A120 Helibus and A123. Rotorcraft A120 with a capacity of 65 passengers destined for the flight range of up to 700 km at a speed of 400 km / h Development of the 17 local staff A123 was supposed to lead in two versions - the military and civilian. But both devices were too complicated and expensive, so none of them has ever been built.

 

[Triton]

The Agusta A-120 Helibus project is from 1968.

Source:
http://crimso.msk.ru/Site/Crafts/Craft30455.htm

 

[Jemiba]

BTW, I got the name as "Elibus"

 

[Maveric]

Agusta A.120B

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

@Maveric please state your sources please

 

[Maveric]

Aviation Magazine

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Sort of reminds me of a mix between the Agusta A101 and the Fairey Rotodyne.

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1973.