Helio U-5B Twin Courier CIA assess damage

assess damage

Army markings chasing cutting-edge experimental aircraft over the Mojave Desert is one of the more unusual and evocative images of the postwar flight test era — a propeller-driven classic keeping pace with the jets of tomorrow

Operating from Enterprise's deck

making it the Army's primary medium transport helicopter before the turbine-powered UH-1 Iroquois transformed the battlefield

Helio U-5B Twin Courier CIA assess damageThese are 1 72 scale decals for the Helio U 5B Twin Courier, operated by the Central Intelligence Agency a CIA specific variant of the Twin Courier family used for clandestine operations during the Cold War. The Helio U 5B was a further development of the Twin Courier line, retaining the exceptional short field performance that made the entire Helio family so valuable for covert operations. With full span leading edge slats and outstanding low speed