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Registration / Serial:A80-374
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5117
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact
Photo ID:34449Submit Correction
View count: 494
A80-374 was delivered in April 1951, the RAAF's second helicopter and one of three S-51s The other two were lost in accidents but -374 soldiered on in the crash rescue role with 81 Wing at RAAF Williamtown until the early 1960s. Retired, it became an instructional airframe and then a recruiting aid. It was in Sydney's Hyde Park as part of the annual Waratah Festival. It later became an exhibit at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook.
Registration / Serial:A80-374
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5117
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact
Registration / Serial:A80-374
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5117
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact
Photo ID:34449Submit Correction
View count: 494
A80-374 was delivered in April 1951, the RAAF's second helicopter and one of three S-51s The other two were lost in accidents but -374 soldiered on in the crash rescue role with 81 Wing at RAAF Williamtown until the early 1960s. Retired, it became an instructional airframe and then a recruiting aid. It was in Sydney's Hyde Park as part of the annual Waratah Festival. It later became an exhibit at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook.
Registration / Serial:A80-374
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5117
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact
Registration / Serial:A77-878
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor F8
C/n (msn):[ WK907 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact
Photo ID:27300Submit Correction
View count: 560
A77-878 was delivered to the RAAF in 1953 and became an instructional airframe at RAAF Forest Hill in 1957. Passed to the Air Training Corps at Bankstown in 1966. -878 was exhibited in Hyde Park Sydney as part of the Waratah Festival in fake camouflage - it was silver in RAAF service. The undercarriage had been removed for transport. It was next on a plinth at the RAAF stores depot at Regents Park, Sydney, silver and with the gear doors closed. About 1988 it was removed and the wings cut off. The fuselage went to the RAAF depot at Dubbo before ending up at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra.
Registration / Serial:A77-878
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor F8
C/n (msn):[ WK907 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact
Registration / Serial:A77-878
Aircraft Original Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Generic Type:Gloster Meteor
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor F8
C/n (msn):[ WK907 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact
Photo ID:27300Submit Correction
View count: 560
A77-878 was delivered to the RAAF in 1953 and became an instructional airframe at RAAF Forest Hill in 1957. Passed to the Air Training Corps at Bankstown in 1966. -878 was exhibited in Hyde Park Sydney as part of the Waratah Festival in fake camouflage - it was silver in RAAF service. The undercarriage had been removed for transport. It was next on a plinth at the RAAF stores depot at Regents Park, Sydney, silver and with the gear doors closed. About 1988 it was removed and the wings cut off. The fuselage went to the RAAF depot at Dubbo before ending up at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra.
Registration / Serial:A77-878
Aircraft Version:Gloster Meteor F8
C/n (msn):[ WK907 ]
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Sydney / Hyde Park [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1969
Photo by:David CarterContact