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There is a quote at Bell 533 helicopter - development history, photos, technical data

"Still with its original US Army serial number, the Model 533 made its maiden flight on Friday 10 August, 1962, and flight tests were conducted at Fort Worth in late 1962. In March 1963, the Model 533 flew at 278km/h and 302km/h was attained in a shallow dive. As the months went by more and more modifications were introduced in this helicopter. Several rotor types were tested (two-blade UH-1B-like rotor and rigid three-blade rotors) and two 765-kg Continental J69-T-9 turbojets were installed on each side of the fuselage. Take-off weight of the aircraft was now 3880kg. On 17 January, 1964, the helicopter achieved a speed of 338km/h in level flight using only 780shp from the 1.100shp Lycoming T53-L-9A shaft-turbine, plus 568kg from the J69s."

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