Check Six: September 7, 1965 – 50 years ago
From the This Day in Aviation website
7 September 1965: First flight of the prototype Bell Model 209 attack helicopter. Test pilot William T. “Bill” Quinlan was in command.
The Model 209 was a private venture, built in just seven months and rolled out at Fort Worth, Texas, 2 September 1965. The prototype aircraft combined the drive system, rotors and tail boom of the production UH-1C gunship with a streamlined fuselage which placed the two pilots in tandem.
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