Built under Navy contract as 150779, this S-58 was delivered to the Israeli Air Force via West Germany as part payment for war reparations in 1963. Traded back to Sikorsky in 1972, it was registered N4377S. Sold in Canada in 1979 as C-GRJD to Nahanni Helicopters, it's is pictured with Union Helicopters. Sold to Solly Construction in 1993 as N70666, the registration changed to N703DSC in 1995. Acquired by a new owner in 2018, it works out of Brewster WA at the time of uploading. It's among several vintage helicopters used to dry cherries after rain which keep the fruit's skin from splitting.

Photo by A. le Nobel.

Photo by J. van der Wei.

Delivered to the US Navy as HSS-1N 148943 in 1961. Redesignated as an SH-34J in 1962. Transferred to the USAF as an HH-34J in 1971. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1974. To Luke AFB for preservation in 1978. Moved to the Hill Heritage Museum, UT in 1987 then to the March Museum, CA in 2013.

Not identified. Had come from Davis-Monthan AFB.

Another oldy at Koksijde 1986, this HSS-1 / S-58 of the Belgian Air Component. It shows its fly out colours as it was the last S-58 with the Belgiums. The helicopter was built by Sud Aviation-built as a H-34A, and delivered on 20 April 1962. It was assigned to 40 smaldeel of the Belgian Zeemacht (Naval Forces). The helicopter was retired during the this Koksijde air show and since stored. The venerable helicopter is preserved at nearby barracks since July 1990, still carrying these markings.

Preserved at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, this UH-34D 150570 has a long history. It was flown as N19Y after its military life. Now it depicts part of the Vietnam-era of the US Marine Corps in this museum.

Former Luftwaffe H-34G from 1958 - 75 was returned to Sikorsky where it was re-engined as an S-58T. Later registrations G-BCWD, C-GBSM and N17FT before bought by Campbell Helicopters and operated 1995 - 2002. Sold in the USA as N827MW it recently suffered a landing accident on November 10, 2019 where the main rotor struck a cargo trailer with substantial damage. The registration was cancelled in May 2020.

France received 135 US-built H-34s plus a further 130 assembled by Sud Aviation (of which five went to Belgium). The Aéronavale operated them between 1955 and 1979, this one seeing service in North Africa with 31F

Date range is an estimate. In 1978 the helicopters was sold as D-HAUE. Photographer unknown

Originally a VH-34A and later modified to VH-34C, this Choctaw flew as the 'Army One' presidential aircraft until 1964 and replacement by a VH-3, seeing a multitude of famous people aboard including Presidents Eisenhower and John F Kennedy, celebrities like Marylyn Monroe and foreign dignitaries such as Nikita Khrushchev. Unfortunately now wedged in such that a good photo angle is not possible

Built in 1961 by Sud Aviation and withdrawn from French Air Force in 1976. Now preserved at Cazaux Air Base.

Built in 1956 and registered as N886, later N886X. To the Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA by 2009.

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild.