425 results found
Registration / Serial:G-BVGE
Alternate Serial:XJ729
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA100
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cosford (EGWC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:RAF Cosford Air Show 2015
Photo Date:14 June 2015
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
Photo ID:670051Submit Correction
View count: 23
Registration / Serial:G-BVGE
Alternate Serial:XJ729
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA100
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cosford (EGWC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 June 2015
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
Registration / Serial:G-BVGE
Alternate Serial:XJ729
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA100
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cosford (EGWC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:RAF Cosford Air Show 2015
Photo Date:14 June 2015
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
Photo ID:670051Submit Correction
View count: 23
Registration / Serial:G-BVGE
Alternate Serial:XJ729
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA100
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cosford (EGWC)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:14 June 2015
Photo by:Derek FergusonContact
Registration / Serial:XP360
Military Code:V
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA376
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:667382Submit Correction
View count: 32
Delivered to the RAF as XP360 in 1962. Sold in 1976 and moved to Fawkham Green, Kent. To the Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society at Lasham in 1980. Moved to NEAM Sunderland in 1991 then to Upper Hill, Herefordshire in 1992 and to a paintball park at Bicton, Herefordshire in 2005. Still there in 2021.
Registration / Serial:XP360
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA376
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XP360
Military Code:V
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA376
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:667382Submit Correction
View count: 32
Delivered to the RAF as XP360 in 1962. Sold in 1976 and moved to Fawkham Green, Kent. To the Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society at Lasham in 1980. Moved to NEAM Sunderland in 1991 then to Upper Hill, Herefordshire in 1992 and to a paintball park at Bicton, Herefordshire in 2005. Still there in 2021.
Registration / Serial:XP360
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA376
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XN309
Military Code:590
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA289
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:667367Submit Correction
View count: 35
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XN309 in 1960. Used as ground trainer A2663 at Culdrose from 1977. Moved to Faygate in 1980 then to the Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society at Lasham in 1981. Moved to Thatcham in 1989 then to Baldonnel, Ireland in 1990 and later scrapped.
Registration / Serial:XN309
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA289
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XN309
Military Code:590
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA289
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:667367Submit Correction
View count: 35
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XN309 in 1960. Used as ground trainer A2663 at Culdrose from 1977. Moved to Faygate in 1980 then to the Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society at Lasham in 1981. Moved to Thatcham in 1989 then to Baldonnel, Ireland in 1990 and later scrapped.
Registration / Serial:XN309
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA289
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Lasham (EGHL)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 January 1983
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:1305
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55549
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1953 to December 1962
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:663232Submit Correction
View count: 130
During the 1955 flood in Yuba City, California, this particular HO4S rescued 138 people in twelve hours. Photo date and location unknown to me. This airframe served in the US Coast Guard from 1953 until 1967, but it would have been marked as an HH-19G after 1962. Here it is marked as an HO4S-3, without its G suffix for the USCG model. To civil as N17378.
Registration / Serial:1305
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55549
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1953 to December 1962
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:1305
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55549
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1953 to December 1962
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:663232Submit Correction
View count: 130
During the 1955 flood in Yuba City, California, this particular HO4S rescued 138 people in twelve hours. Photo date and location unknown to me. This airframe served in the US Coast Guard from 1953 until 1967, but it would have been marked as an HH-19G after 1962. Here it is marked as an HO4S-3, without its G suffix for the USCG model. To civil as N17378.
Registration / Serial:1305
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HO4S-3G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55549
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1953 to December 1962
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:52-7564
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55693
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:AFFTC - Air Force Flight Test Center
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1954 to May 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:660489Submit Correction
View count: 149
Loomis Dean apparently took this snapshot while he was at Edwards to photograph a Douglas X-3 Stiletto flight, which must have been between August 1954 and May 1956. The helo was delivered earlier in 1954. It was still with AFFTC in 1959 but its fate is unknown. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life
Registration / Serial:52-7564
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55693
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1954 to May 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:52-7564
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55693
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:AFFTC - Air Force Flight Test Center
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1954 to May 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:660489Submit Correction
View count: 149
Loomis Dean apparently took this snapshot while he was at Edwards to photograph a Douglas X-3 Stiletto flight, which must have been between August 1954 and May 1956. The helo was delivered earlier in 1954. It was still with AFFTC in 1959 but its fate is unknown. Photo by: Loomis Dean / Life
Registration / Serial:52-7564
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
C/n (msn):55693
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Edwards - AFB (KEDW / EDW)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:August 1954 to May 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XM666
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA257
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Salvador
Country:Falkland Islands
Photo Date:19 October 1990
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:656345Submit Correction
View count: 145
Written off on 17 december 1969 when operating from HMS Endurance. It ran out of fuel after carrying external loads (barrels of jet fuel) between Port Salvador, East Falklands and Foam Creek for two hours. It ditched and the floatation gear was deployed but it rolled to port. The four crew swam 80 yards to shore. After 12 hours floating inverted it beached at Sheila Creek, Port Salvador. It was then towed to the settlement where it became a children's plaything. During the Falklands War, Argentine pilots reported its presence to higher authorities who thought it had been used to insert the SAS.
Registration / Serial:XM666
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA257
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Salvador
Country:Falkland Islands
Photo Date:19 October 1990
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:XM666
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA257
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Salvador
Country:Falkland Islands
Photo Date:19 October 1990
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Photo ID:656345Submit Correction
View count: 145
Written off on 17 december 1969 when operating from HMS Endurance. It ran out of fuel after carrying external loads (barrels of jet fuel) between Port Salvador, East Falklands and Foam Creek for two hours. It ditched and the floatation gear was deployed but it rolled to port. The four crew swam 80 yards to shore. After 12 hours floating inverted it beached at Sheila Creek, Port Salvador. It was then towed to the settlement where it became a children's plaything. During the Falklands War, Argentine pilots reported its presence to higher authorities who thought it had been used to insert the SAS.
Registration / Serial:XM666
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA257
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Salvador
Country:Falkland Islands
Photo Date:19 October 1990
Photo by:Ian HowatContact
Registration / Serial:N747A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55-910
Operator Titles:Federico Helicopters
City / Airport:Fresno - Yosemite International (KFAT / FAT)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:June 1988 to July 1988
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Photo ID:652586Submit Correction
View count: 621
Written off on 31 Aug 2002 at Lythe Creek, California, following loss of control while fire-fighting.
Registration / Serial:N747A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55-910
Operator Titles:Federico Helicopters
City / Airport:Fresno - Yosemite International (KFAT / FAT)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:June 1988 to July 1988
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Registration / Serial:N747A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55-910
Operator Titles:Federico Helicopters
City / Airport:Fresno - Yosemite International (KFAT / FAT)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:June 1988 to July 1988
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Photo ID:652586Submit Correction
View count: 621
Written off on 31 Aug 2002 at Lythe Creek, California, following loss of control while fire-fighting.
Registration / Serial:N747A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55T
C/n (msn):55-910
Operator Titles:Federico Helicopters
City / Airport:Fresno - Yosemite International (KFAT / FAT)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:June 1988 to July 1988
Photo from:John Visanich Collection
Registration / Serial:49-2012
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55001
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1949 to June 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:652347Submit Correction
View count: 137
The first prototype of the S-55, first flown on 10 November 1949. The S-55 was the first successful single-rotor helicopter capable of transporting significant loads. The key was to put the big piston engine in the nose, and the changeable payload and fuel in the centre of gravity. Initially 49-2012 had a half horizontal tailplane with endplate on this side instead of the two canted fins seen here. Print stamped June 1952.
Registration / Serial:49-2012
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55001
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1949 to June 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:49-2012
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55001
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1949 to June 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:652347Submit Correction
View count: 137
The first prototype of the S-55, first flown on 10 November 1949. The S-55 was the first successful single-rotor helicopter capable of transporting significant loads. The key was to put the big piston engine in the nose, and the changeable payload and fuel in the centre of gravity. Initially 49-2012 had a half horizontal tailplane with endplate on this side instead of the two canted fins seen here. Print stamped June 1952.
Registration / Serial:49-2012
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55001
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:October 1949 to June 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:8661M
Military Code:L
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA98
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Halton (EGWN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:RAF Halton Open Day 1982
Photo Date:12 June 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:651370Submit Correction
View count: 48
Delived to the RAF as Whirlwind HAR.2 XJ727 in 1956. Converted to an HAR.4 in 1962 and an HAR.10 in 1963/4. To Halton for use as ground trainer 8661M in 1980. To RAF Manstion History Museum for parts in 1998 then to Richborough, Kent in 2007 and Thetford - Combat Paintball Park, Norfolk by 2018.
Registration / Serial:8661M
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA98
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Halton (EGWN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:12 June 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:8661M
Military Code:L
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA98
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Halton (EGWN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:RAF Halton Open Day 1982
Photo Date:12 June 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:651370Submit Correction
View count: 48
Delived to the RAF as Whirlwind HAR.2 XJ727 in 1956. Converted to an HAR.4 in 1962 and an HAR.10 in 1963/4. To Halton for use as ground trainer 8661M in 1980. To RAF Manstion History Museum for parts in 1998 then to Richborough, Kent in 2007 and Thetford - Combat Paintball Park, Norfolk by 2018.
Registration / Serial:8661M
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA98
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Halton (EGWN)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:12 June 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XG577
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-1 Whirlwind HAR3
C/n (msn):WA72
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Imperial War Museum Duxford
Event:Duxford Open Day 1974
Photo Date:23 June 1974
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:648691Submit Correction
View count: 105
To GI March 1967, allocated maintenance serial A2571. SOC September 1967. To IWM, Duxford by road 13th June 1974. Various loans; to RAF Leconfield October 1990 as GI, allocated 9050M. Scrapped early 2001.
Registration / Serial:XG577
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-1 Whirlwind HAR3
C/n (msn):WA72
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:23 June 1974
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:XG577
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-1 Whirlwind HAR3
C/n (msn):WA72
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:Imperial War Museum Duxford
Event:Duxford Open Day 1974
Photo Date:23 June 1974
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Photo ID:648691Submit Correction
View count: 105
To GI March 1967, allocated maintenance serial A2571. SOC September 1967. To IWM, Duxford by road 13th June 1974. Various loans; to RAF Leconfield October 1990 as GI, allocated 9050M. Scrapped early 2001.
Registration / Serial:XG577
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-1 Whirlwind HAR3
C/n (msn):WA72
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Duxford (EGSU)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:23 June 1974
Photo by:Terry DannContact
Registration / Serial:XL839
Military Code:CU-88
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA201
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Biggin Hill Air Fair 1982
Photo Date:15 May 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:647592Submit Correction
View count: 77
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XL839 in 1958. Used as ground trainer A2665 at Lee-on-Solent from 1977. To the Fleet Air Air Museum, Yeovilton in 1978 and used as a travelling exhibit then to Lee-on-Solent in 1982 as a fire trainer. Burnt and destroyed in 1984.
Registration / Serial:XL839
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA201
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 May 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XL839
Military Code:CU-88
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA201
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Biggin Hill Air Fair 1982
Photo Date:15 May 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:647592Submit Correction
View count: 77
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XL839 in 1958. Used as ground trainer A2665 at Lee-on-Solent from 1977. To the Fleet Air Air Museum, Yeovilton in 1978 and used as a travelling exhibit then to Lee-on-Solent in 1982 as a fire trainer. Burnt and destroyed in 1984.
Registration / Serial:XL839
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9
C/n (msn):WA201
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 May 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XJ409
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cardiff (EGFF / CWL)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Collection:Wales Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:13 April 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:646937Submit Correction
View count: 56
First flew as Whirlwind HAR4 XD779 then reserialled as XJ409 before delivery to the RAF in 1954. Converted to an HAR10 in 1964. Preserved at Wales Aircraft Museum, Cardiff from 1979. Moved to Grangetown in 1991 then to Maes Artro Village, Llanbedr in 1994. Not noted after it closed in 2005. Probably scrapped.
Registration / Serial:XJ409
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cardiff (EGFF / CWL)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 April 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:XJ409
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cardiff (EGFF / CWL)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Collection:Wales Aircraft Museum
Photo Date:13 April 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:646937Submit Correction
View count: 56
First flew as Whirlwind HAR4 XD779 then reserialled as XJ409 before delivery to the RAF in 1954. Converted to an HAR10 in 1964. Preserved at Wales Aircraft Museum, Cardiff from 1979. Moved to Grangetown in 1991 then to Maes Artro Village, Llanbedr in 1994. Not noted after it closed in 2005. Probably scrapped.
Registration / Serial:XJ409
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA66
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Cardiff (EGFF / CWL)Map
Region / Country:Wales, United Kingdom
Photo Date:13 April 1982
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:646821Submit Correction
View count: 61
Location should be the West 30th Street Heliport, which New York Airways used before 1960. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:646821Submit Correction
View count: 61
Location should be the West 30th Street Heliport, which New York Airways used before 1960. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:N417A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55433
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Heliport:New York - West 30th Street Heliport (JRA)Map
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:May 1953 to December 1958
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:WV195
Military Code:G
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:646630Submit Correction
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Mishap in the Malayan jungle. Serial WV195 readable, code G of No 848 Sqn confirmed. Ex BuNo 130188, supplied to Britain as early as November 1952 to fight communist rebels in Malaysia. Repaired after this accident. Sent back to Britain in 1957, but retired in 1958 and burnt in 1963 for an instructional filming. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:WV195
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:WV195
Military Code:G
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:646630Submit Correction
View count: 169
Mishap in the Malayan jungle. Serial WV195 readable, code G of No 848 Sqn confirmed. Ex BuNo 130188, supplied to Britain as early as November 1952 to fight communist rebels in Malaysia. Repaired after this accident. Sent back to Britain in 1957, but retired in 1958 and burnt in 1963 for an instructional filming. Photo by: Harrison Forman / University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Registration / Serial:WV195
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 Whirlwind HAR21 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55286
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Malaysia
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:49-2016
Alternate Serial:92016
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55005
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1 March 1951 to 2 May 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:639725Submit Correction
View count: 807
To our surprise the black S-55 in this nice photo is an early YH-19, one of two tested in Korea. Perhaps the helo is seen in its last hours, since Joe Baugher's website reports: 'With 3rd ARS, crash landed in mudflats near Inchon, South Korea May 2, 1952 after engine failed while returning from evacuation mission. All 3 crew survived and were rescued.' The helicopter did not survive. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:49-2016
Alternate Serial:92016
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55005
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1 March 1951 to 2 May 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:49-2016
Alternate Serial:92016
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55005
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1 March 1951 to 2 May 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:639725Submit Correction
View count: 807
To our surprise the black S-55 in this nice photo is an early YH-19, one of two tested in Korea. Perhaps the helo is seen in its last hours, since Joe Baugher's website reports: 'With 3rd ARS, crash landed in mudflats near Inchon, South Korea May 2, 1952 after engine failed while returning from evacuation mission. All 3 crew survived and were rescued.' The helicopter did not survive. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:49-2016
Alternate Serial:92016
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky YH-19 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55005
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:1 March 1951 to 2 May 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:4BHR1
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):55911
Operator Titles:Venezuela - Air Force
City / Airport:Maracay - Florencio Gómez (closed)Map
Country:Venezuela
Collection:Museo Aeronáutico Luis Hernán Paredes
Photo Date:7 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:639634Submit Correction
View count: 72
Delivered to the USAF as 52-7578 in 1954. To Venezuela as 4BHR1 in 1963. Repainted as 4AHR1 by 2004.
Registration / Serial:4BHR1
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55911
Operator Titles:Venezuela - Air Force
City / Airport:Maracay - Florencio Gómez (closed)Map
Country:Venezuela
Photo Date:7 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:4BHR1
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):55911
Operator Titles:Venezuela - Air Force
City / Airport:Maracay - Florencio Gómez (closed)Map
Country:Venezuela
Collection:Museo Aeronáutico Luis Hernán Paredes
Photo Date:7 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:639634Submit Correction
View count: 72
Delivered to the USAF as 52-7578 in 1954. To Venezuela as 4BHR1 in 1963. Repainted as 4AHR1 by 2004.
Registration / Serial:4BHR1
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55911
Operator Titles:Venezuela - Air Force
City / Airport:Maracay - Florencio Gómez (closed)Map
Country:Venezuela
Photo Date:7 November 1992
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:N37788
Alternate Serial:75937
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):551221
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Titusville - Space Coast Regional (KTIX / TIX)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Collection:Valiant Air Command Museum
Photo Date:1 February 2015
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:638154Submit Correction
View count: 41
Registration / Serial:N37788
Alternate Serial:75937
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):551221
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Titusville - Space Coast Regional (KTIX / TIX)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:1 February 2015
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Registration / Serial:N37788
Alternate Serial:75937
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):551221
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Titusville - Space Coast Regional (KTIX / TIX)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Collection:Valiant Air Command Museum
Photo Date:1 February 2015
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:638154Submit Correction
View count: 41
Registration / Serial:N37788
Alternate Serial:75937
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):551221
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Titusville - Space Coast Regional (KTIX / TIX)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:1 February 2015
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Registration / Serial:N410A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55034
Operator Titles:Sikorsky
City / Area:Boston / Museum of Science [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:25 September 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:636706Submit Correction
View count: 100
Igor Sikorsky arrived from his Bridgeport, Connecticut factory in style for a luncheon. Sikorsky chief test pilot Jimmie Viler flew a display. The landing spot is now occupied by the Museum of Science's parking garage. N410A was apparently used as a demonstrator and was delivered to the Argentine navy in 1959. Photo by: Edmund Mitchell / Boston Public Library
Registration / Serial:N410A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55034
Operator Titles:Sikorsky
City / Area:Boston / Museum of Science [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:25 September 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N410A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55034
Operator Titles:Sikorsky
City / Area:Boston / Museum of Science [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:25 September 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:636706Submit Correction
View count: 100
Igor Sikorsky arrived from his Bridgeport, Connecticut factory in style for a luncheon. Sikorsky chief test pilot Jimmie Viler flew a display. The landing spot is now occupied by the Museum of Science's parking garage. N410A was apparently used as a demonstrator and was delivered to the Argentine navy in 1959. Photo by: Edmund Mitchell / Boston Public Library
Registration / Serial:N410A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55034
Operator Titles:Sikorsky
City / Area:Boston / Museum of Science [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:Massachusetts, United States
Photo Date:25 September 1953
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XP299
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA342
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:RAF Museum Hendon / London
Photo Date:27 June 2019
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:633216Submit Correction
View count: 40
Registration / Serial:XP299
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA342
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:27 June 2019
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Registration / Serial:XP299
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA342
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:RAF Museum Hendon / London
Photo Date:27 June 2019
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Photo ID:633216Submit Correction
View count: 40
Registration / Serial:XP299
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10
C/n (msn):WA342
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:27 June 2019
Photo by:WalAndPlContact
Registration / Serial:OO-SHA
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55458
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Lille - Heliport
Country:France
Photo Date:August 1953 to April 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:629696Submit Correction
View count: 119
Another shot of OO-SHA, seen this time at the Lille heliport near Flandres railway station. The Brussels - Lille helicopter service was first flown on 5 August 1953. Photo from: Sabena
Registration / Serial:OO-SHA
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55458
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Lille - Heliport
Country:France
Photo Date:August 1953 to April 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:OO-SHA
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55458
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Lille - Heliport
Country:France
Photo Date:August 1953 to April 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:629696Submit Correction
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Another shot of OO-SHA, seen this time at the Lille heliport near Flandres railway station. The Brussels - Lille helicopter service was first flown on 5 August 1953. Photo from: Sabena
Registration / Serial:OO-SHA
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55458
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Lille - Heliport
Country:France
Photo Date:August 1953 to April 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive