Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Na farko Model 369 samfurin ya tashi a ranar 27 ga Fabrairun 1963. Da farko an sanya shi a matsayin YHO-6A bisa ga tsarin aikin soja, an sake sanya jirgin sama a matsayin YOH-6A a 1962 lokacin da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta kirkiro tsarin haɗin gwiwa ga dukkan jiragen sama. An gina samfurori guda biyar, an sanye su da 252 shp (188 kW) Allison T63-A-5A, kuma an ba da su ga Sojojin Amurka a Fort Rucker, Alabama don yin gasa da sauran jiragen sama guda goma da Bell da Fairchild-Hiller suka gabatar. A lokacin gasar, an cire ƙaddamarwar Bell, YOH-4, saboda rashin ƙarfi (yana amfani da 250 shp (186 kW) T63-A-5). Tayin don kwangilar LOH ya sauka ga Fairchild-Hiller da Hughes. Hughes ya lashe gasar, kuma Sojojin sun ba da kwangila don samarwa a watan Mayu 1965, tare da umarnin farko na 714 wanda daga baya ya karu zuwa 1,300 tare da zaɓi a kan wani 114. Farashin Hughes ya kasance $ 19,860 a kowace jirgin sama, ba tare da injin ba, yayin da farashin Hiller ya kasance $ 29,415 a kowace jirgin sama, ba tare da injin ba. Tsarin Hiller (wanda aka sanya shi OH-5A) yana da tsarin sarrafawa, yayin da tsarin Hughes bai yi ba. Wannan zai bayyana wasu daga cikin bambancin farashin. An bayar da rahoton cewa Hughes ya gaya wa Jack Real cewa ya yi asarar sama da dala miliyan 100 wajen gina jirage 1,370. An bayar da rahoton cewa Howard Hughes ya umurci kamfaninsa ya gabatar da tayin a farashin da ke ƙasa da ainihin farashin samar da helikofta don tabbatar da wannan umarnin, wanda ya haifar da asara mai yawa a kan yarjejeniyar Sojojin Amurka, tare da tsammanin cewa tsawaita tsarin samarwa a ƙarshe zai tabbatar da samun kuɗin kuɗi. A cikin 1968 Hughes ya gabatar da tayin don gina ƙarin 2,700 jirgin sama. Stanley Hiller ya yi gunaguni ga Sojojin Amurka cewa Hughes ya yi amfani da hanyoyin da ba su dace ba; sabili da haka, Sojojin sun buɗe kwangilar don sake sakewa daga dukkan ɓangarorin. Hiller bai shiga cikin sakewa ba, amma Bell ya yi, tare da sabon samfurin su na 206. Bayan gasar tashi-kashe, Sojojin sun nemi a rufe tayin. Hughes ya ba da dala 56,550 a kowace jirgi, yayin da Bell ya ba da dala 54,200. An ruwaito cewa, Hughes...  Tambaya: A wace shekara ne samfurin farko ya tashi?
Shekara ta 1963