# The "Dilbert" series...I.D.ing Dogbert's Helicopter model?

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**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dilbert-series-i-d-ing-dogberts-helicopter-model/199485 "2003-09-04T06:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dilbert-series-i-d-ing-dogberts-helicopter-model/199485/1 "2003-09-04T06:57:25Z")

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On the off chance some of the other eight people who watched the “Dilbert” animated series frequent the boards, I’d just like to ask…what type of Helicopter was it that Dogbert frequently flew?

I _know_ it’s an actual design…I’ve seen photographs of the real life version, when the U.S. military used it during the Korean war.

So…can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dilbert-series-i-d-ing-dogberts-helicopter-model/199485/2 "2003-09-04T18:37:06Z")

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do you have photos? my episodes are on the home computer.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dilbert-series-i-d-ing-dogberts-helicopter-model/199485/3 "2003-09-04T19:54:37Z")

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US Military? Krorean war?

Probably a [Bell 47 variant](http://avia.russian.ee/vertigo/bell_sioux-r.html).

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dilbert-series-i-d-ing-dogberts-helicopter-model/199485/4 "2003-09-04T22:01:28Z")

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It’s definately not a Bell 47.

But, come to think of it…it looks like the same type of helicopter that Mickey Rooney flies in the move _The Bridges of Toko Ri_

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dilbert-series-i-d-ing-dogberts-helicopter-model/199485/5 "2003-09-04T23:48:36Z")

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Could be [one of these](http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/photos/Korea/kwengin/21-72-3.jpg) but I don’t know what it is.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dilbert-series-i-d-ing-dogberts-helicopter-model/199485/6 "2003-09-05T06:53:15Z")

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Found it! It was a Sikorsky [HO3S-1](http://members.fortunecity.com/kuchinator//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/h3.jpg).

One can see why it was called a “Dragonfly.”