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    Airframe Family: McDonnell H-20 / H-29 Little Henry
    Latest Model:XH-20 Little Henry
    Last Military Serial:46-0689 USAF
    Construction Number:673
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a XR-20.
    Constructed to test the concept of using small ramjets at the tips of the rotor blades (Wikipedia)

    1947

    Redesignated as XH-20.
    Re-designated prior to first flight.

    May 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 46-0689.

    May 1947

    Transferred to Rotor Wing Branch, Propeller Laboratory and Rotary Wing Unit, Aircraft Projects Section, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    5 May 1947

    First flight.
    The XH-20 made a flight on May 5, 1947, but its fuel was delivered to it through a flexible line from tanks on the ground. (NMUSAF).

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 46-0689.

    20 May 1948

    Made its first free flight several feet off the ground while carrying self-contained fuel tanks. (NMUSAF).

    Circa 1948


    Photographer: USAF

    1951

    Program terminated.

    June 1953

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    July 1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Markings Applied: Little Henry

    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Secret Projects
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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