Piasecki Helicopter Corporation
8 aircraft types.
The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation was an American designer and manufacturer of helicopters in Philadelphia and nearby Morton, Pennsylvania, in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Its founder, Frank Piasecki, was ousted in 1956 and started a new company, Piasecki Aircraft. Piasecki Helicopter was renamed Vertol Corporation in early 1956. Vertol was acquired by Boeing in 1960 and renamed Boeing Vertol.
- Founded
- 1940
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Philadelphia
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Aircraft types
HRP-1 Rescuer
military transport helicopter model by Piasecki
HRP-2 Rescuer
military transport helicopter model by Piasecki
HUP-1 Retriever
military utility helicopter model by Piasecki
HUP-2 Retriever
utility helicopter model by Piasecki
HUP-3 Retriever
utility helicopter model by Piasecki
PV-2
helicopter prototype by Piasecki Helicopter
First flight 1943
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VZ-2
experimental helicopter by Vertol, later Boeing
First flight 1957
XHJP-1 Retriever
1948 prototype helicopter model by Piasecki Helicopter Corporation