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Cessna CH-1

Cessna CH-1
CH-1B designated YH-41
Aircraft Type
NameCH-1 Skyhook
RoleLight helicopter
ManufacturerCessna
Designed byRichard Ten Eyck
First flightJuly 1953
Introduced1956
StatusProduction ended December 1962
Unit costUS$79,960 (1961)
Developed fromSeibel S-4

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The Cessna CH-1 is the only helicopter ever built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. It was the first helicopter to land on the summit of Pike's Peak and the last piston-engined helicopter to set the helicopter altitude record. The CH-1 had a single, two-bladed main rotor, and a front-mounted reciprocating engine which gave the aircraft a stable center-of-gravity (CG). Its semi-monocoque airframe greatly resembles its light airplane siblings built by Cessna. The CH-1 was named Skyhook for the civil market, similar to the marketing names used in the Cessna single engine airplane line, such as Skyhawk, Skylane and Skywagon. The United States Army designated the CH-1C as the YH-41 Seneca. While the CH-1 achieved several helicopter "firsts" and set a world record, it never became a commercial or military success.

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USAAC/USAAF/USAF/Joint Service Helicopter designations 1941 �

Main sequence
Prefix R-, 1941 �1948
Prefix H-, 1948 �1962
H- with a mission prefix 1962 �present
R-1 * R-2 * R-3 * R-4 * R-5/H-5 * R-6/H-6 * R-7 * R-8 * R-9/H-9 * R-10/H-10 * R-11/H-11 * R-12/H-12 * R-13/H-13/OH-13/UH-13J * R-14 * R-15/H-15 * R-16/H-16 * H-17 * H-18 * H-19/UH-19 * H-20 * H-21/CH-21 * H-22 * H-23/OH-23 * H-24 * H-25/UH-25 * XH-26 * H-27 * H-28 * H-29 * H-30 * H-31 * H-32 * H-33 * H-34/CH-34 * H-35 * (H-36 not assigned) * H-37/CH-37 * (H-38 not assigned) * XH-39 * H-40 * H-41 * H-42 * H-43/HH-43 * (H-44 and H-45 not assigned) * CH-46/HH-46 * CH-47 * UH-48 * H-49 * QH-50 * XH-51 * HH-52 * CH-53/HH-53/MH-53 * CH-54 * TH-55 * AH-56 * TH-57 * OH-58 * XH-59 * UH-60/SH-60/HH-60 * YUH-61 * XCH-62 * YAH-63 * AH-64 * HH-65 * RAH-66 * TH-67 * MH-68 * (H-69 not assigned) * ARH-70 * VH-71 * UH-72
1962 redesignations
reusing old numbers
AH-1/UH-1 * SH-2/SH-2G * SH-3/CH-3/HH-3 * OH-4 * OH-5 * OH-6/MH-6/AH-6



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