Sikorsky S-67 service name?

Modeling Subjects Helicopters
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Hi all!

I’d be keen to do an in-service “what-if?” of the Sikorsky S-67 BlackHawk gunship, which was to be the AH-3. Question is, what would likely have been the official US Army name? I think that they may have reverted to a Native American tribe name, but which? Taking a look through this page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Tribes gives a list of names, but nothing really screams out at me. I don’t want to stay with BlackHawk as, due to it being a company sales name, perhaps only foreign customers would use it?

Any/all thoughts would be welcome…as well as shots of any built-up Anigrand S-67s. I can’t for the life of me find any!

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It would have been the Blackhawk, that was the next name on the list. Since it wasn’t used, it went to the UH-60. Not sure what the next few names on the list are though.

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Being in the Army when the Blackhawk was accepted, the name came from an Army-wide competation to name it

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I will be interested to know about this kit. I want to build one but my bank account dictates that I wait to find out if it is worth the money. I have been quite happy with Revellogram lately and I could get three or four of these for the price of the S-67. The problem is that the itch is starting to get hard to ignore.

As far as a name for the series, I’m not sure that there is a list to follow. I believe that the only real list is one of those already used and a name for a new series essentially is done by commitee as they come along.

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As someone else noted, there is no list of what name to use for the next helicopter. Sikorsky named the S-67 the Blackhawk, but since we never bought any, the Army never officially named it. Only thing I can suggest is to pick a tribe with a warlike reputation. The two aircraft designed from the start as attack aircraft and named by the Army are the Apache and the Comanche.

Dan H.

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Thanks gents! I’ll probably stick with AH-3F BlackHawk. [tup]

I’m with Screaminhelo: who here has actually built the Anigrand kit? I’m dying to see shots of one, and I know of only two modellers online who have at least started (but I’m yet to see their shots). If you have one on the bench - or started and back in the box, for whatever reason - please share!

Incidentally, if you have one that you don’t want to build, let me know :).

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I was thinking with the helicopters Sea King heritage, one of the coastal or great lakes tribes would be appropriate.