The new fuselage housed a crew of five to six, with the pilots sitting side-by-side.
To do this a new fuselage, rotor and engine were envisaged.
Production of the first new fuselages in 16 years began in December 2012.
The main difference was a new widened fuselage featuring an enclosed cabin.
The new fuselage included a fixed wheel for landing gear.
By December 1971 the tooling for the new fuselage was in development.
It used the wings and tail unit of the DH.4 but had a new fuselage.
A new forward fuselage with one piece forward opening canopy, 348 built.
A new fuselage was built containing a pressurized section with two seats.
Proposed military transport of 1950 with new fuselage carrying 85 troops.