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Revision as of 12:19, 6 May 2011 by Fayenatic london (talk | contribs) (Add BBC citation and categories)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Stealth helicopters are helicopters that incorporate stealth technology to avoid detection. While there are no officially operating helicopters that fit this description, there are a few that have been retired, rumoured, or cancelled:
- An Invisible Loach, rumored (1970s)
- Hughes 500P (1972), nicknamed "The Quiet One", retired
- Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche (1996-2004), cancelled in favour of the Bell ARH-70 Arapaho
- A modified Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk (2011), rumoured to have been key to the death of Osama bin Laden
In recent years, technology has merged that would silence rotor blades.
See also
References
- http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/05/very_very_inter.html
- http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/the_quiet_one.html
- ^ 'Stealth helicopters' used in Bin Laden raid, BBC News, 6 May 2011
- http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/aviation-geeks-scramble-to-i-d-osama-raids-mystery-copter/all/1
- http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/silent-rotor-blades-could-lead-to-true-stealth-helicopters/4663
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