| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 55-4969 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hiller HJ-1 Hornet |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hiller HJ-1 Hornet |
| Aircraft Version: | Hiller YH-32 Hornet |
| C/n (msn): | 12 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Army |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Morgan Hill / Flying Lady Museum [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Collection: | Flying Lady Ranch Museum |
| Photo Date: | 23 July 1977 |
| Photo by: | Bob Thomas |
| Photo ID: | 377268 |
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In the slide the fiberglass fuselage is removed, with the tail boom extended to the left. The YH-32 was powered by a Hiller 8RJ2B ramjet mounted on each rotor blade tip. It had high fuel consumption which led to poor range, and it was very noisy. It did, however, have a powerful lifting capacity. This a/c is now on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. This photo is copyright © Bob Thomas, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 19 July 2021, and has since been viewed 348 times. |