Reitred to AMARC on 30 June 1992 with inventory code 9H0034

BEA Helicopters operated their two S-61Ns G-ATBJ and G-ATFM from a playing field on the industrial estate north of Basildon on 21st May 1973. I cannot remember precisely where but I think it was off Luckyns Lane by the Yardley factory (chimneys in the background, since demolished) and may have been in connection with that company. G-ATBJ was exported to Canada and de-registered in May 2020. G-ATFM is current in 2022.

BEA Helicopters operated their two S-61Ns G-ATBJ and G-ATFM from a playing field on the industrial estate north of Basildon on 21st May 1973. I cannot remember precisely where but I think it was off Luckyns Lane by the Yardley factory (since demolished) and may have been in connection with that company. G-ATBJ was exported to Canada and de-registered in May 2020. G-ATFM is current in 2022.

BEA Helicopters operated their two S-61Ns G-ATBJ and G-ATFM from a playing field on the industrial estate north of Basildon on 21st May 1973. I cannot remember precisely where but I think it was off Luckyns Lane by the Yardley factory (since demolished) and may have been in connection with that company. G-ATBJ was exported to Canada and de-registered in May 2020. G-ATFM is current in 2022.

Delivered new in 1976 to British Airways Helicopters as G-BDKI and here stopping off for fuel en route to its next assignment. In 2009 it was imported as C-GHTN by the Canadian branch of the company then exported as N762HT in 2015. Oregon based in 2023.

First flown on 28 April 1981, delivered to the Royal Navy on 2 June 1981 as a HAS5. The Sea King is stored at Somerton since September 2020 after it was sold to HeliOperations in 2019. Here the unmarked helicopter (except for its code 52) arrived at the Koksijde air show.

Built in 1961 and registered as here from May 1997 until March 2001, so a brand new import. Strangely TC does not list this aircraft/registration combination so the operator had to be found via its next identity: C-FHHR. It turns out to be Northern Mountain Helicopters which is confirmed by the green/yellow scheme. After being re-registered as C-FHHR in 2001 it was exported to South Korea and is current as HL9478 in 2023.

A Westland built Sea King, 89+60 made its first flight on 2 January 1974 and was delivered to the Marineflieger on 20 March 1974.

From 819 NAS, based at HMS Gannet (Prestwick). Not yet painted with full code, later applied as PW/707.

Moved to Predannack on 3 September 2008 and used for rescue training.

Moved to Predannack on 3 September 2008 and used for rescue training.

Up from nearby Whibey Island NAS in Oak Harbor, WA, this Seaking was doing double duty providing standby rescue service at the 1988 Abbotsford International Airshow. The US Navy retired the helicopter in 1996 and it was transferred to the Brazilian Navy as N-3030. Retired again ten years later in 2006, it made it's way to be an exhibit at the Museu TAM by 2008 in São Carlos, Brazil. Sadly, that beautiful private museum closed to the public in February 2016 due to budget constraints.

Delivered to Okanagan Helicopters in 1977, this S-61 had recently returned from a lease to Management Aviation for North Scottish Helicopters as G-BHAH (Oct 1979 - March 1983). Pictured with titles for Okanagan east coast subsidiary Universal Helicopters based in Newfoundland, it was finally sold by Canadian Helicopters in 1995. The helicopter has since been registered to a series of US government contractors as N138AR. Registered to Amentum Services at the time of uploading after that company acquired PAE Applied Technologies in 2022 .

Retired to AMARC in 1990,64-14234 was scrapped circa 2000. Parts of the fuselage have since moved to Chino, CA and stored at the Yanks Air Museum.

Seen returning from a test flight before delivery to the Indian Navy.

SH-3H Sea King looking at one of the north helopads for arrival

Helipro Corp. of Bellingham, WA and Langley, BC modify several Sikorsky S-61Ns and S-61Ls by removing a 50-inch section of the front cabin to provide a 10% improvement in speed, payload and range. The conversion received a Canadian STC and was named the "Shortsky" until Sikorsky objected, so renamed the "S-61 Short". Customers included heli-logging operators VIH, CHC, HTS and Hayes. N92111 was the first "offshore" S-61N Short. It first flew at Langley on Feb. 12, 1999 and displayed at Heli-Expo 1999 in Dallas, TX. Ex-BIH G-BBUD.To Helijet as C-GHJU, CHC as YV-1032C, and CHI Aviation as N905CH.