Agusta-Bell AB.102

AB.102
Role Utility helicopter
Manufacturer Agusta
First flight 3 February 1959
Introduction 1961
Primary user Elivie
Number built 1+2
Developed from Bell 48

The Agusta AB.102 was an Italian helicopter produced in small numbers in the early 1960s. The aircraft was based on the mechanical components of a Bell 48 that Agusta incorporated into an all-new, streamlined fuselage. The first flight was on 3 February 1959 and the prototype was exhibited at that year's Paris Air Show in faux military colours.

Only two production examples were built, operated by Elivie in a regular air service between Turin and Milan from 1961. However, the advent of turbine-powered helicopters in the 1960s soon rendered the AB.102 obsolete.

Operators

 Italy

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62[3]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development


References

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  1. "WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY 1963". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. "World Helicopter Market 1967". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. Taylor 1961, p. 98.


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