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The Cessna CH-1 Skyhook is the only helicopter ever built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. It was the first helicopter to land on the summit of Pike's Peak and the last piston-engined helicopter to set the helicopter altitude record. The CH-1 had a single, two-bladed main rotor, and a front-mounted reciprocating engine which gave the aircraft a stable center of gravity (CG). Its semi-monocoque airframe greatly resembles its light airplane siblings built by Cessna. The CH-1 was named Skyhook for the civil market, similar to the marketing names used in the Cessna single engine airplane line, such as Skyhawk, Skylane and Skywagon.[2] The United States Army designated the CH-1C as the YH-41 Seneca. While the CH-1 achieved several helicopter firsts and set a world record, it never became a commercial or military success.
wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_CH-1_Skyhook






Cessna YH-41 (N5156)


Cessna CH-1C Skyhook (N5701)

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Looks like a missile silo being built in last photo.

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I believe you're right. Maybe a Titan II ?

During the 1960s, the US Government supposedly transferred a number of Seneca Helicopters to Guatemala.

These were not destined for Guatemala, but seemingly were bound for Ecuador.

This information was provided to me, a long, long time ago by Mr. Mario Overall, from www.laahs.com :

Cessna UH-14A Seneca 63-9793 c/n 45529 USAF FAG ???
Cessna UH-14A Seneca 62-5845 USAF FAG ???
Cessna UH-14A Seneca 62-5846 USAF FAG ???
Cessna UH-14A Seneca 62-5847 USAF FAG ???
Cessna UH-14A Seneca 62-5848 USAF FAG ???
Cessna UH-14A Seneca 62-12350 c/n 45526 USAF FAG ???



http://www.collectair.com/cessna.html

Any additional information on these, is welcome.


Saludos,


Tulio

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I am one of them 'futbol' people.

Will the previous owner has pics of this double cabin sample

GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Press "1" for English.
Press "2" to disconnect until you have learned to speak English.

Sooooo, how am I going to know to press 1 or 2, if I do not speak English????

When I was in 5th grade I checked out a book on helicopters from the Bookmobile. It had a photo of a CH-1 and I have liked that helo ever since.

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http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/Desrt_Wings.html

Interesting. Looks like the drive shaft would be right in the middle of the cabin!

How was Collective and Cyclic control achieved? Was it a version of Hafner's 'spider' through the centre of the mast?

Very interesting post, Mark and excellent views of the military version of the Cessna helicopter. A guy called Steve Remington (R.I.P sadly) in Santa Barbara featured it in his COLLECTAIR blog/webpage which has somehow survived his death. http://collectair.org/cessna.html He was an engineer at Cessna on that program as a young man. (I had connected with him via his interest in Woodason Aircraft Models at Heston Airport, London)