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Lockheed YAH-56A 'Cheyenne'

Description
  Manufacturer:Lockheed
  Base model:H-56
  Designation:YAH-56
  Version:A
  Nickname:Cheyenne
  Designation System:U.S. Air Force
  Designation Period:1948-Present
  Basic role:Helicopter
  Status:Prototype

Specifications
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Examples of this type may be found at
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United States Army Aviation MuseumOzarkAlabama

YAH-56A on display

United States Army Aviation Museum
    


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Bill Stevens
 , CA
I have had the pleasure of knowing two of the pilots who flew the Cheyenne , Berch Richard and Ray Goudey. They both felt it was a great concept. I have to admit that they are both extraordinary pilots and I wonder if it would not have become another " Harrier " that would have eaten ordinary pilots for breakfast?
03/14/2009 @ 10:04 [ref: 23938]
 SSG Longest, Barry J
 , VA
One is also on display out in front of the museum on Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
03/12/2009 @ 13:49 [ref: 23933]
 Berch Richard
 Alexandria, LA
As a Lockheed test pilot on the Cheyenne program, I was the first to fire all 6 TOW missiles successfully on a single flight. I also did most of the night vision testing at Yuma Proving Ground.

It could have been the best combat helicopter the Army could have had, cancelling the program was a bad decision.
08/21/2008 @ 14:36 [ref: 22518]
 Dick Tobiason
 Bend, OR
As an Army Major and graduate of US Naval Test Pilot School, I fired the first TOW missle of a Cheyenne at Yuam Proving Grounds, AZ.

The Cheyenne program was halted after a fatal crash caused by an unstable flight control system.
02/23/2008 @ 19:10 [ref: 19757]
 Dick Tobiason
 Bend, OR
As an Army Major and graduate of US Naval Test Pilot School, I fired the first TOW missle of a Cheyenne at Yuam Proving Grounds, AZ.

The Cheyenne program was halted after a fatal crash caused by an unstable flight control system.
02/23/2008 @ 19:10 [ref: 19756]
 Dick Tobiason
 Bend, OR
As an Army Major and graduate of US Naval Test Pilot School, I fired the first TOW missle of a Cheyenne at Yuam Proving Grounds, AZ.

The Cheyenne program was halted after a fatal crash caused by an unstable flight control system.
02/23/2008 @ 19:10 [ref: 19755]

 

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