Hughes MD 500 series

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helicopter family light utility helicopter

The Hughes MD 500 series is a family of light, multi-purpose civilian and military helicopters known for their agility, reliability, and widespread use in roles such as law enforcement, utility work, and training.

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Surface form Occurrences
Hughes 500 2
Hughes Model 369 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf helicopter family ⓘ
light utility helicopter ⓘ
basedOn Hughes OH-6 Cayuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
capacity up to 4 passengers dependingOnVariant ⓘ
configuration single main rotor ⓘ
tail rotor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 1 pilot ⓘ
enteredService late 1960s ⓘ
firstFlight 1963 ⓘ
fuselageType compact egg-shaped fuselage ⓘ
landingGear skid landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Hughes Helicopters NERFINISHED ⓘ
MD Helicopters NERFINISHED ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketedAs MD 500 series NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryVariant MD 500 Defender NERFINISHED ⓘ
MD 530 Scout NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature T-tail design in many variants ⓘ
five-blade main rotor in many variants ⓘ
high agility ⓘ
high reliability ⓘ
powerplant Allison 250 turboshaft NERFINISHED ⓘ
role aerial observation ⓘ
civilian helicopter ⓘ
law enforcement helicopter ⓘ
light utility helicopter ⓘ
military helicopter ⓘ
training helicopter ⓘ
utility work ⓘ
successorTo earlier Hughes 269/300 light helicopters ⓘ
typicalCruiseSpeed approximately 135 knots dependingOnVariant ⓘ
typicalRange approximately 250 nautical miles dependingOnVariant ⓘ
usedBy civil operators worldwide ⓘ
law enforcement agencies worldwide ⓘ
military forces worldwide ⓘ
usedFor aerial photography ⓘ
agricultural support ⓘ
border patrol ⓘ
special operations support ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
variant Hughes 500 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hughes 500C NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hughes 500D NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hughes 500E NERFINISHED ⓘ
MD 500E NERFINISHED ⓘ
MD 520N NERFINISHED ⓘ
MD 530F NERFINISHED ⓘ
MD 530G NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OH-6 Cayuse → alsoKnownAs → Hughes MD 500 series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hughes Model 369
OH-6 Cayuse → civilianDerivative → Hughes MD 500 series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hughes 500
Hughes Helicopters → notableProduct → Hughes MD 500 series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hughes 500
Hughes Helicopters → notableProduct → Hughes MD 500 series ⓘ