| Plane type: | HUP-2 Retriever |
| Airport: | Paris - Le Bourget (LBG/LFPB) |
| Airline: | Preserved |
| Registration: | 23.S.6 |
| Author: | Ctibor Kocman |
| Date taken: | 2024-09-14 |
| Number of ratings: | 0× |
| Number of views: | 90× |
Air and Space Museum Le Bourget Airport. The French Naval Aviation was the only European user of Piasecki´s HUP Retriever/H-25 Army Mule. The original HUP-1 was a winner of a US Navy competition for a light naval SAR helicopter for carriers as well as smaller vessels. The upgraded version HUP-2, powered by a more powerful single Continental R075.42 550 hp (410 kW) radial engine, was the first helicopter equipped with an autopilot. France received 15 (19?) units for operations in Indochina and Algeria. A total of 339 helicopter of various versions were produced between 1949 and 1954.
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