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Sikorsky S-70

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1974· medium-lift transport/utility helicopter

🚁 helicopter 2× turboshaft ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control S-70i Firehawk: Benjamin Cossel· Public domain
  2. 2. H-60: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. Firehawk-s70c-N2FH-070919-fox-01cr-16: Alan Radecki Akradecki· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. S-70M Black Hawk MEDEVAC Sea Breeze 26: U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jackson Wanous· Public domain
  5. 5. A member of an Algerian navy boarding team fast-ropes out of a Hellenic Navy S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk helicopter assigned to the 2nd Squadron onto the training ship Aris (A 74) at the NATO Maritime Interdiction 120517-N-IR479-637: MC2 John Hulle· Public domain
  6. 6. A member of an Algerian navy boarding team fast-ropes out of a Hellenic Navy S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk helicopter assigned to the 2nd Squadron onto the training ship Aris (A 74) at the NATO Maritime Interdiction 120517-N-QD416-196: MC1 Brian A. Goyak· Public domain
  7. 7. Philippine Air Force S-70i Black Hawk: 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing· Public domain
  8. 8. Przekazanie Wojskom Specjalnym śmigłowców S-70i Black Hawk: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej· CC BY 3.0 pl
  9. 9. Saudi Sikorsky S-70 Desert Storm: Tech. Sgt. H. H. Deffner· Public domain
  10. 10. Sikorsky S-70 (ipernity-49820014): SV1XV· CC BY 3.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Sikorsky S-70, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Benjamin Cossel· Public domain

what is it?

The Sikorsky S-70 is an American medium transport/utility helicopter family manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. It was developed for the United States Army in the 1970s, winning a competition to be designated the UH-60 Black Hawk and spawning a large family in U.S. military service. New and improved versions of the UH-60 have been developed since.

How to recognise it: 2 turboshaft engines · 16.4 m main rotor

base stats

  • speed 361 km/htop speed
  • range 463 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 12passengers
  • size 9,979 kgmax take-off weight

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 52 years ago, in 1974.
  • Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Rotor of 16.4 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

turboshaft: A turbine that turns a shaft, usually a helicopter rotor.

spec sheet

first flight
1974
introduced
1979
status
still flying
number built
—
role
medium-lift transport/utility helicopter
origin
🇺🇸 United States
engines
2× General Electric T700-GE-701D
crew
4
passengers
12
length
19.8 m
rotor diameter
16.4 m
height
5.3 m
max take-off weight
9,979 kg
top speed
361 km/h
cruise speed
296 km/h
range
463 km
ceiling
6,096 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

Sikorsky H-60

Sources: Wikidata Q1150702, Wikipedia: Sikorsky S-70 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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