| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N530NT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hughes 369 / 500 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-500/520/530 (369) |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas MD-530N |
| C/n (msn): | 160003D |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Dallas Convention Center |
| Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Event: | HAI Heli-Expo 1990 |
| Photo Date: | 4 February 1990 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 522607 |
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The opening of the HAI Heli-Expo 1990 Convention also included a landing by the prototype McDonnell-Douglas MD530N, N530NT, in the front parking lot of the Dallas Convention center. The NOTAR ("no tail rotor") system was first flown on a Hughes OH-6A (65-12917) on Dec. 17, 1981. After modifications, a second version flew on March 12, 1986. N530NT was the third NOTAR to fly (msn 160003D, ex-N8324F) on Dec. 29, 1989 - two months before Heli-Expo 1990 - but the hot-and-high 530N version never entered production. This 530N was later broken up. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 26 November 2022, and has since been viewed 197 times. |