| Registration / Serial: | 39043 |
| Alternate Serial: | 043 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-47 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-47/VS-316A/R-4 Hoverfly |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly |
| C/n (msn): | 88 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1944 to 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 446301Submit Correction |
| View count: | 822 |
Rescue helicopter pioneer Commander Frank Erickson, US Coast Guard, demonstrating a Sikorsky HNS-1, originally ordered as an R-4B, US Army serial 43-46544. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | 39043 |
| Alternate Serial: | 043 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly |
| C/n (msn): | 88 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1944 to 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | 39043 |
| Alternate Serial: | 043 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-47 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-47/VS-316A/R-4 Hoverfly |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly |
| C/n (msn): | 88 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1944 to 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 446301Submit Correction |
| View count: | 822 |
Rescue helicopter pioneer Commander Frank Erickson, US Coast Guard, demonstrating a Sikorsky HNS-1, originally ordered as an R-4B, US Army serial 43-46544. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | 39043 |
| Alternate Serial: | 043 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly |
| C/n (msn): | 88 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (NOP) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1944 to 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |