Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight
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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight

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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight 是一款美国中型运输直升机,采用纵列双旋翼布局,由双涡轮轴发动机提供动力。该机型由 Vertol 公司设计,并在 Boeing 收购 Vertol 后由 Boeing Vertol 公司制造。

Sea Knight 的研发始于1956年,最初被公司命名为 Vertol Model 107。该机型旨在取代第一代活塞发动机旋翼机(如 H-21 "Flying Banana"),并采用了新兴的涡轮轴发动机技术。1958年4月22日,V-107原型机完成首飞。1958年6月,美国陆军授予了基于V-107制造十架生产标准飞机(型号为YHC-1A)的合同,但该初始订单后被削减至三架YHC-1A。1961年,正在研究中型双涡轮货/兵员突击直升机需求的美国海军陆战队(USMC)选择了Boeing Vertol的Model 107M作为制造满足其需求的合适旋翼机的基础。该机型在非正式场合被称为"Phrog",正式名称为"Sea Knight",从越南战争期间服役到2014年退役前线期间,一直在美国海军陆战队的所有作战环境中使用。

美国海军陆战队使用Sea Knight提供全天候、昼夜突击运输,运送作战部队、补给和装备,直至2010年代被MV-22 Osprey取代。美国海军陆战队还使用该直升机进行战斗支援、搜索与救援(SAR)、伤员后送以及战术飞机与人员回收(TRAP)。在2000年代初MH-60S Knighthawk逐步取代该机型之前,Sea Knight也曾是美国海军的标准中型通用直升机。一些海外运营商也采购了该旋翼机。加拿大操作Sea Knight,型号为CH-113;该机型主要用于SAR任务,直至2004年。其他出口客户包括日本、瑞典和沙特阿拉伯。该旋翼机的商用版本是BV 107-II,通常简称为"Vertol"。Sea Knight是一款两栖直升机,能够直接降落在平静水面上并漂浮,但仅能维持数小时。

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V-107 prototype in 1961

V-107 prototype in 1961

HH-46D of the Navy resupplies USS Tripoli during a VERTREP , 1994

HH-46D of the Navy resupplies USS Tripoli during a VERTREP , 1994

Formation of HH-46Es, used for search and rescue

Formation of HH-46Es, used for search and rescue

Sea Knight carrying supplies, with its tricycle landing gear silhouetted

Sea Knight carrying supplies, with its tricycle landing gear silhouetted

Looking out from a cockpit of a CH-46, at another

Looking out from a cockpit of a CH-46, at another

A door gunner manning a pintle-mounted .50-caliber M2 Browning machine gun aboard a Marine CH-46 in Iraq, August 2006

A door gunner manning a pintle-mounted .50-caliber M2 Browning machine gun aboard a Marine CH-46 in Iraq, August 2006

A flaming Marine CH-46 of HMM-265, after being hit by enemy AAA fire in " Helicopter Valley ", 15 July 1966 [ 14 ]

A flaming Marine CH-46 of HMM-265, after being hit by enemy AAA fire in " Helicopter Valley ", 15 July 1966 [ 14 ]

Soldiers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion board a Marine Corps CH-46E helicopter from VMM-261 before the rescue of American students at St. George's University during Operation Urgent Fury in 1983.

Soldiers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion board a Marine Corps CH-46E helicopter from VMM-261 before the rescue of American students at St. George's University during Operation Urgent Fury in 1983.

A CH-46 departing after dropping off Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in South Central Afghanistan, 2004

A CH-46 departing after dropping off Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in South Central Afghanistan, 2004

State Department Air Wing CH-46E, 2012

State Department Air Wing CH-46E, 2012

CH-113 Labrador landing on "The Clapper", a sea stack off the tip of Bell Island in Newfoundland

CH-113 Labrador landing on "The Clapper", a sea stack off the tip of Bell Island in Newfoundland

A HKP 4A variant with the Swedish Air Force

A HKP 4A variant with the Swedish Air Force

Columbia Helicopters BV 107-II in Papua New Guinea

Columbia Helicopters BV 107-II in Papua New Guinea

A HMX-1 CH-46D departs Santa Barbara Municipal Airport .

A HMX-1 CH-46D departs Santa Barbara Municipal Airport .

A UH-46D lowers mail to the fantail of USS Decatur .

A UH-46D lowers mail to the fantail of USS Decatur .

HH-46D used for SAR by the USMC

HH-46D used for SAR by the USMC

CHI Kawasaki Vertol KV-107II slinging a bucket during the Yellowstone fires of 1988

CHI Kawasaki Vertol KV-107II slinging a bucket during the Yellowstone fires of 1988

Cockpit of a 107II manufactured by Kawasaki

Cockpit of a 107II manufactured by Kawasaki

Boeing-Vertol civil prototype in service with the Swedish Navy as an HKP 4B, 1981

Boeing-Vertol civil prototype in service with the Swedish Navy as an HKP 4B, 1981

Canadian CH-113 Labrador

Canadian CH-113 Labrador

A CH-46E of VMM-268 deploying its onboard countermeasures during Operation Iraqi Freedom , 2008

A CH-46E of VMM-268 deploying its onboard countermeasures during Operation Iraqi Freedom , 2008

A KV-107 with the JGSDF on display at the Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum

A KV-107 with the JGSDF on display at the Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum

A HKP 4B of the Swedish Armed Forces on display at the Swedish Air Force Museum , Malmen , Sweden

A HKP 4B of the Swedish Armed Forces on display at the Swedish Air Force Museum , Malmen , Sweden

Last CH-46 of Marine Corps HMM-774 at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Last CH-46 of Marine Corps HMM-774 at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

CH-46 cockpit

CH-46 cockpit

Cabin, looking towards cockpit

Cabin, looking towards cockpit