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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: | 15 December 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 809777Submit Correction |
View count: | 63 |
This Chickasaw was on show at the USAF Museum by 2005. It is painted as an H-19A known as Hop-A-Long, one of two to make the first transatlantic helicopter flight, travelling during the summer of 1952 from Westover AFB, MA, to Scotland in five stages. They then carried on to finally reach their allocated unit in Germany, the 9th ARS at Wiesbaden. In fact it is UH-19B 52-7587
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: | 15 December 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
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: | 15 December 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 809777Submit Correction |
View count: | 63 |
This Chickasaw was on show at the USAF Museum by 2005. It is painted as an H-19A known as Hop-A-Long, one of two to make the first transatlantic helicopter flight, travelling during the summer of 1952 from Westover AFB, MA, to Scotland in five stages. They then carried on to finally reach their allocated unit in Germany, the 9th ARS at Wiesbaden. In fact it is UH-19B 52-7587
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: | 15 December 2024 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
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: | 284 |
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: | 284 |
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 |