Piasecki HUP Retriever
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The Piasecki HUP Retriever/H-25 Army Mule is a compact single radial engine, twin overlapping tandem rotor utility helicopter developed by the Piasecki Helicopter Corporation of Morton, Pennsylvania. Designed to a United States Navy specification, the helicopter was produced from 1949 to 1954, and was also used by the United States Army and foreign navies. The HUP/H-25 was the first helicopter to be produced with an autopilot and also the first to perform a loop.
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H-25/HUP Retriever | |
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A U.S. Navy HUP-2 from USS Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
Role | Utility helicopter |
Manufacturer | Piasecki Helicopter |
First flight | March 1948 |
Introduction | February 1949[1] |
Retired | 1958 US Army January 1964 RCN 1964 USN 1965 French Navy |
Primary users | United States Navy United States Army Royal Canadian Navy French Navy |
Produced | 1949ā1954[2] |
Number built | 339[2][disputed ā discuss] |
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