Hiller History
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Hiller History
Hiller Aircraft have been reborn in California where parts are being manufactured...
https://hilleraircraftcorporation.com/what-we-do
My necessaries are embark'd: farewell. Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.
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Re: Hiller History
Hiller UH-12E - a great little machine on which many Royal Navy pilots in the 60's and early 70's did their first helicopter solo. XS166 - I last flew her for my mid-course check on 30 July 64 with Terry MacDonald. He was sadly killed whilst demonstrating a Hiller 1100 at the Paris Air Show five years later. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/65677
XS166 was last heard of in 2016 as HA-MIJ, a crop sprayer in Hungary.
XS166 was last heard of in 2016 as HA-MIJ, a crop sprayer in Hungary.
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Re: Hiller History
Ouch, something must have broken there...CharlieOneSix wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 12:00 pmHiller UH-12E - a great little machine on which many Royal Navy pilots in the 60's and early 70's did their first helicopter solo. XS166 - I last flew her for my mid-course check on 30 July 64 with Terry MacDonald. He was sadly killed whilst demonstrating a Hiller 1100 at the Paris Air Show five years later. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/65677
XS166 was last heard of in 2016 as HA-MIJ, a crop sprayer in Hungary.
Hiller UH12E.jpg
Control link failure?
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Re: Hiller History
My necessaries are embark'd: farewell. Adieu! I have too grieved a heart to take a tedious leave.