| Registration / Serial: | "51-3893" |
| Alternate Serial: | 13893 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D) |
| C/n (msn): | 55734 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Hop-A-Long |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Photo ID: | 70906Submit Correction |
| View count: | 183 |
This H-19 is in fact 52-7587 but painted in these markings to honour 'Hopalong', one of two H-19s to make the first helicopter crossing of the Atlantic, from Westover AFB, MA to Prestwick, during the summer of 1952.
| Registration / Serial: | "51-3893" |
| Alternate Serial: | 13893 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D) |
| C/n (msn): | 55734 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Registration / Serial: | "51-3893" |
| Alternate Serial: | 13893 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw) |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D) |
| C/n (msn): | 55734 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Hop-A-Long |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Collection: | National Museum of the United States Air Force |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Photo ID: | 70906Submit Correction |
| View count: | 183 |
This H-19 is in fact 52-7587 but painted in these markings to honour 'Hopalong', one of two H-19s to make the first helicopter crossing of the Atlantic, from Westover AFB, MA to Prestwick, during the summer of 1952.
| Registration / Serial: | "51-3893" |
| Alternate Serial: | 13893 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D) |
| C/n (msn): | 55734 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map | Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Photo Date: | 18 August 2013 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |