Bell Helicopter’s prototype for the AH-1G Cobra flies in front of two UH-1 Hueys, the aircraft it was designed to protect. What was on Mike Folse’s drawing board at Bell Helicopter that day in ...

Behold the firstborn, the Mark I (MK1) Cobra, a magnificent beast propelled by a Ford 260 cubic-inch engine, summoning 260 wild horses. By defying limits, Shelby and Ford ingeniously squeezed this ...