Cessna CH-1 Skyhook/YH-41 Seneca helicopter prototype......

[Mark Nankivil]

Greetings All -

I see there is no thread specific to the Cessna CH-1 helicopter. A recent collection donation to the Museum had this nice photo of the prototype CH-1B. I rather like the looks of it!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[taz1cl]

Re: Cessna CH-1 Helicopter

nice photo

 

[robunos]

Re: Cessna CH-1 Helicopter

Some links and a 3-view...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_CH-1

http://www.collectair.com/cessna.html

http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/cessna_seneca.php




cheers,
Robin.

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about the Cessna CH-1 Skyhook/YH-41 Seneca helicopter prototype......

The article comes from the 5th November 1960 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is a picture with a caption in French of the Cessna CH-1 Skyhook/YH-41 Seneca helicopter prototype which was the first helicopter to be cleared for IFR operations by the Federal Aviation Administration......

The picture comes from the 17th September 1960 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[robunos]

We have a topic on this subject here :-

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,12675.0/highlight,cessna%20ch-1.html

Merge, please?.......

[Don't worry, it took me FOUR attempts to find it with the 'search' function, and I only
knew it was there, because I'd already posted in it....]


cheers,
Robin.

 

[Caravellarella]

I didn't realise the Cessna CH-1 Skyhook was a "project"; in fact there was production run of at least twenty-five (which is why I had started a topic in "Aerospace") ???......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[robunos]

I think sometimes threads get started in the wrong forum section,
and unless someone notices and points this out...


cheers,
Robin.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Thanks Robin for tying these together - Mark

 

[Caravellarella]

Re: Cessna CH-1C Skyhook helicopter prototype......

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about the Cessna CH-1C Skyhook helicopter prototype……

The article comes from the 19th September 1959 issue of Les Ailes......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Good Day All -

A drawing of the YH-41 thanks to the Gerald Balzer Collection.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Good Day All -

Back in late May, I had the opportunity to spend a few days scanning photos and drawings in the Kansas Aviation Museum collection in Wichita, Kansas. With Travel Air, Stearman, Culver, Beech, Cessna and Boeing being just some of the aircraft manufacturers that called Wichita home, the collection is pretty impressive with photos, drawers upon drawers of drawings, models and other artifacts. They have not made any real effort to digitize their collection so I was quite pleased when my request to visit and scan was given a thumbs up. They could not have been more friendly and open and I plan on another trip later this year.

I pulled the Cessna YH-41 folder and here are a few images to share.

Enjoy the Day! Mark