Close
The page header's logo
Boeing Images 
Cart (0)
Login / Register
0
Selected 
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
 Click here to refresh results
 Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
 Hide details
play button
Linked assets
Notable 'Firsts'
Notable 'Firsts' 
Notable 'Firsts'
Notable 'Firsts' 
Action button
Conceptually similar
Piasecki HRP-1 Rescuer Prototype Frame in Flight
Piasecki HRP-1 Rescuer Prototype Frame in Flight 
Piasecki HRP-1 Rescuer Prototype Frame in Flight atop Field
Piasecki HRP-1 Rescuer Prototype Frame in Flight atop Field 
Piasecki H-16 Transporter in Flight
Piasecki H-16 Transporter in Flight 
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter in Flight
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter in Flight 
Four CH-47A Chinook Helicopters in Flight
Four CH-47A Chinook Helicopters in Flight 
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter Recovers Damaged CV-2 Caribou
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter Recovers Damaged CV-2 Caribou
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter in Flight Over New York City Skyline
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter in Flight Over New York City Skyline 
Vertol 107 in Flight Over the Statue of Liberty
Vertol 107 in Flight Over the Statue of Liberty 
Testing of the US Army Vertol 107, Prototype of the CH-46 Sea Knight
Testing of the US Army Vertol 107, Prototype of the CH-46 Sea Knight 
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter Transports Damaged Huey
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter Transports Damaged Huey 
UH-46D Sea Knight in Flight
UH-46D Sea Knight in Flight 
CH-47F Chinook Helicopter in Flight
CH-47F Chinook Helicopter in Flight 
US Army HC-1B Chinook, Later Known as the CH-47, in Flight
US Army HC-1B Chinook, Later Known as the CH-47, in Flight 
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter in Flight
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter in Flight 
CH-47D Chinook in Flight
CH-47D Chinook in Flight 
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter Transports Damaged Huey
CH-47A Chinook Helicopter Transports Damaged Huey 
CH-47F Chinook Helicopter in Flight
CH-47F Chinook Helicopter in Flight 
U.S. Marine CH-46A Sea Knight Helicopters in Winter Training Excercises
U.S. Marine CH-46A Sea Knight Helicopters in Winter Training Excercises 
Vertol Model 107 on Test Flight
Vertol Model 107 on Test Flight 
Royal Canadian Air Force CH-113, an Export Version of the Boeing Vertol 107(CH-46 Sea Knight)
Royal Canadian Air Force CH-113, an Export Version of the Boeing Vertol 107(CH-46 Sea Knight) 
Action button
Similar tones
similar-image
similar-image
similar-image
similar-image
similar-image
View images with similar tones
Action button

The Flying Banana, Piasecki PV-17 (HRP-2) Rescuer Helicopter in Flight

The HRP-1 was the second helicopter ever flown in the United States and the world's first successful tandem-rotor helicopter. Designated internally as the PV-3, it was the world's largest helicopter in the late 1940s, with enough room for eight passengers and two crew. Frank Piasecki's P-V Engineering Forum produced the HRP during World War II. The company then became the Piasecki Helicopter Corp., and after Piasecki left the company in 1955, it became the Vertol Aircraft Corp., purchased by Boeing in March 1960.

The first recorded search and rescue mission carried out by a Coast Guard HRP-1 occurred on Dec. 31, 1948. The SAR Office at Elizabeth City, N.C., received a request to transport a 14-month-old baby girl, who was suffering from pneumonia, from a remote location at Cape Hatteras, N.C., to the hospital at Elizabeth City. A local newspaper report noted, "Thanks to the Coast Guard, the girl is alive today." 
 Add to lightbox
 Add to cart
Unique identifier BI25024 
Boeing ID hs7381 
Type Image 
Size 6300px × 4500px   27MB 
License type RM 
Keywords
air to air
blur
clear skies
copy space
day
exteriors
flying
full body views
ground to air
helicopters
historic production status
military
military livery
nobody
photos
right side views
rotorcraft
sunshine
tandem-rotor helicopters
transports
viewed from below
Restrictions