Aircraft Photo of 147179 | Sikorsky HUS-1Z Seahorse | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #494642
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:147179
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HUS-1Z Seahorse
C/n (msn):581131
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location
Location:Not known
Country:South Korea
 
Photo Date:20 June 1960
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 494642
Photo Comment

'President Dwight D Eisenhower arriving in USAF [sic] helicopter.' Already in 1960 presidential helicopters were apparently airlifted overseas. This is probably the headquarters of the South Korean VI army corps, which Eisenhower visited on 20 June 1960. 147179 was one of seven HUS-1Z (later VH-34D) VVIP machines. Airframe noted at Carson Helicopters, Perkasie, Pennsylvania in 2001. The second helicopter belongs to HMR-162, then based at Okinawa, and the third to the presidential unit again, HMX-1. Photo by: Hank Walker / Life

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