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The remarkable Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) has been the quintessential all-purpose military helicopter for many decades

the plane has been flight tested at more than one million pounds at the Air Force Test Center at Edwards

It will act as the Station's lifeboat and ensure the safe return of the Station crew to Earth in an emergency

S-43 Flying Boat World War II and other visiting heads ofSikorsky S 43 Flying Boat Pan American Airlines. The last model of the Sikorsky flying boats was launched on June 1, 1935. Equipped with two 750hp engines, a top speed of 190mph, and a range of 775 miles, the S 43 reclaimed some of the commercial interest that the original S 38 had brought Sikorsky from his buyers. Filling the gap left by its predecessor, the S 43 set four payload to height records one year after its inception and reached a maximum