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Helio AU-24 Stallion
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1964· armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Helio AU-24A Stallion in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, July 1972: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive· Public domain
- 2. Helio AU-24A Stallion in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, March 1973: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive· Public domain
what is it?
The Helio AU-24 Stallion was an American armed gunship, counter-insurgency, and utility transport developed for the United States Air Force. A total of 20 were built during the Vietnam War, with most of the aircraft being later sold to the Khmer Air Force.
How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 12.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1964-06-05
- number built
- 20
- role
- armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Helio Aircraft Company
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 9
- length
- 12.1 m
- wingspan
- 12.5 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,313 kg
- top speed
- 348 km/h
- cruise speed
- 257 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,620 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1457708, Wikipedia: Helio AU-24 Stallion (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.