Initially conceived as a utility helicopter optimized for internal stretcher carriage, Huey variants became jacks of all trades thanks in large part to the reliability of its turbine engine ...

A more practical attempt might have been to conduct the firing on the ground, but that would have severely impacted the Huey’s mobility advantage. Further, the UH-1H Lycoming T53-L-13 engine ...

The Huey was the first helicopter with a turboshaft engine instead of a piston-driven one, like the one on the Sikorsky CH-34 Choctaw. Lycoming turboshaft engines had a higher power-to-weight ...

the design of the Huey means that if the propeller stops working, the helicopter should still be stable for the pilot to control,” a top aviation official said. The impact caused the engine to ...