Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Model 369 nke mbụ gbara ụgbọ elu na 27 February 1963. Ebu ụzọ họpụta ya dịka YHO-6A dịka usoro nhazi nke ndị agha, a na-akpọghachi ụgbọelu ahụ dịka YOH-6A na 1962 mgbe Ngalaba Nchebe mepụtara usoro nhazi maka ụgbọ elu niile. E wuru ihe atụ ise, nke nwere 252 shp (188 kW) Allison T63-A-5A, ma nyefee ndị agha US na Fort Rucker, Alabama iji merie ụgbọ elu iri ndị ọzọ Bell na Fairchild-Hiller. N'oge asọmpi ahụ, a kpochapụrụ ntinye Bell, YOH-4, dị ka onye na-enweghị ike (ọ na-eji 250 shp (186 kW) T63-A-5). The bidding maka LOH nkwekọrịta bịara ala ka Fairchild-Hiller na Hughes. Hughes meriri asọmpi ahụ, na ndị agha nyere nkwekọrịta maka mmepụta na Mee 1965, na iwu mbụ maka 714 nke emesịrị mụbaa ruo 1,300 na nhọrọ na 114 ọzọ. Ọnụ ego Hughes bụ $19,860 kwa ụgbọelu, ewepu engine, ebe ọnụahịa Hiller bụ $29,415 kwa ụgbọelu, ewepu engine. Hiller imewe (aha ya bụ OH-5A) nwere usoro nchịkwa na-eme ka ọ dịkwuo elu, ebe Hughes imewe adịghị. Nke a ga-akọwa ụfọdụ n'ime price dị iche. E kwuru na Hughes gwara Jack Real na o furu ya ihe karịrị $100 nde n'ịrụ ụgbọelu 1,370. A kọrọ na Howard Hughes gwara ụlọ ọrụ ya ka ha nye onyinye na ọnụahịa dị n'okpuru ọnụahịa mmepụta nke helikopta iji nweta iwu a, na-ebute nnukwu mfu na nkwekọrịta ndị agha US, na atụmanya na usoro mmepụta gbatịrị agbatị ga-emesị gosipụta na ọ ga-akwụ ụgwọ. Na 1968 Hughes nyere onyinye iji wuo ụgbọ elu 2,700 ọzọ. Stanley Hiller mere mkpesa na ndị agha US na Hughes ejirila usoro na-adịghị mma; ya mere, ndị agha meghere nkwekọrịta ahụ maka ịlaghachi azụ site n'aka ndị ọzọ niile. Hiller esoghị na nkwụghachi ụgwọ ahụ, mana Bell mere, na ụdị 206 ha e meregharị. Mgbe asọmpi ụgbọelu na-asọmpi gasịrị, ndị agha rịọrọ maka ọnụahịa a na-ekpuchighị ekpuchi. Hughes bidoro $56,550 maka otu ụgbọelu, ebe Bell bidoro $54,200. A kọrọ na Hughes...  Ajụjụ: N'afọ dị aṅaa ka ihe nlereanya mbụ ahụ feliri?
Afọ 1963