Dat is een Cessna CH-1 / YH-41 "Seneca"
Maar Samuel had goed geraden en moest er dus een neerzetten...
The Cessna Aircraft Company was founded by Clyde Cessna, who even before World War I was at work in the American aircraft industry. The company ceased operations during the economic depression of the 1930s, but revived vigorously during World War II, when it produced trainers and utility cargo aircraft for the United States Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force, as well as the 750 CGA gliders used in that war. Following World War II, Cessna brought out several luxury sporting aircraft, the Models 190 and 195, and also, at the end of 1951, the well-known Model 170.
Cessna first took an interest in helicopters when it acquired the patents and rights owned by Seibel, Seibel himself becoming chief designer of the Cessna Helicopter Division.
This rotorcraft is of all-metal construction, and its lines recall those of Cessna fixed-wing aircraft, while the two-bladed rotor, designed by Seibel, also recalls that of the Seibel helicopter.
The rotor blades are attached to the hub by light-weight stainless steel L-shaped angles, which carry the blades' centrifugal load: the short leg takes up the loads due to blade weight, the long leg the bending load caused by drag. As in the Seibel helicopter, this assembly not only provides angle movement for changing blade pitch but also eliminates trunnions, thrust bearings, hinges, etc. The supercharged engine is placed in the forepart of the fuselage, thus leaving more space for cargo or passengers in the cabin, which is that of a fixed-wing aircraft.
The first prototype flew in July 1953. In 1955 a CH-1 successfully landed on, and took off from Pike's Peak, Colorado, at a height of 4300 metres.
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