BEA Helicopter Experimental Unit was established in 1947 to explore potentialities of helicopter for scheduled operations; initial equipment was three Sikorsky S.51's and two Bell 47B's; first operation was mail collection and delivery service in Somerset and Dorset; first passenger helicopter service started on June 1 1950, between Liverpool and Cardiff with optional call at Wrexham; operational experience, high load factors, and various transportation services; details of radio navigation equipment of BEA aircraft, which include Decca, ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) and VOR/ILS (Omni-Range/Instrument Landing System) receivers; future plans.


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    Title :

    Twenty years of helicopter operation


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Contributors:
    Hunt, D. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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