211 results found
Registration / Serial:N406A
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):55292
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Area:Pearl River Laboratories [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:677899Submit Correction
View count: 61
A new and deadly strain of flu emerges in China, and a pandemic spreads... in 1957. A vaccine was developed in the United States by the summer, and here the first crates of vaccine are being rushed to LGA airport by helicopter from the Lederle Labs in Pearl River. Photo by: Walter Sanders / Life
Registration / Serial:N406A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55292
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Area:Pearl River Laboratories [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N406A
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):55292
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Area:Pearl River Laboratories [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:677899Submit Correction
View count: 61
A new and deadly strain of flu emerges in China, and a pandemic spreads... in 1957. A vaccine was developed in the United States by the summer, and here the first crates of vaccine are being rushed to LGA airport by helicopter from the Lederle Labs in Pearl River. Photo by: Walter Sanders / Life
Registration / Serial:N406A
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55292
Operator Titles:New York Airways
City / Area:Pearl River Laboratories [ Off-Airport ]
Region / Country:New York, United States
Photo Date:August 1957
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:127783
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-1 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55017
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1951 to 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:675189Submit Correction
View count: 85
This was the first S-55 delivered to the US Marines, on 27 April 1951. The US Navy had received construction numbers 55006 through 55015 as HO4S-1 helicopters for evaluation in the anti-submarine warfare role. 127783 to NACA at Langley in March 1953.
Registration / Serial:127783
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-1 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55017
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1951 to 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:127783
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-1 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55017
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1951 to 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:675189Submit Correction
View count: 85
This was the first S-55 delivered to the US Marines, on 27 April 1951. The US Navy had received construction numbers 55006 through 55015 as HO4S-1 helicopters for evaluation in the anti-submarine warfare role. 127783 to NACA at Langley in March 1953.
Registration / Serial:127783
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-1 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55017
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1951 to 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:129047
Military Code:HL-2
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55165
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:HMR-362
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 May 1952 to 14 October 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:675102Submit Correction
View count: 88
Delivered in May 1952. Crashed in the Camp Pendleton area, California and written off on 14 October of the same year.
Registration / Serial:129047
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55165
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 May 1952 to 14 October 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:129047
Military Code:HL-2
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55165
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:HMR-362
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 May 1952 to 14 October 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:675102Submit Correction
View count: 88
Delivered in May 1952. Crashed in the Camp Pendleton area, California and written off on 14 October of the same year.
Registration / Serial:129047
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-2 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55165
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 May 1952 to 14 October 1952
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:1255
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55096
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:30 August 1963
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:673275Submit Correction
View count: 103
Delivered as an HO4S-2(G) in December 1951. Marked here as an HO4S-3G, although by 1963 it was officially an HH-19G. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:1255
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55096
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:30 August 1963
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:1255
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55096
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:30 August 1963
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:673275Submit Correction
View count: 103
Delivered as an HO4S-2(G) in December 1951. Marked here as an HO4S-3G, although by 1963 it was officially an HH-19G. Photo from: SFO Museum
Registration / Serial:1255
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19G (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55096
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:San Francisco - International (KSFO / SFO)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:30 August 1963
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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 1967
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:663232Submit Correction
View count: 146
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, although it should have been marked as an HH-19G after 1962. 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 1967
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 1967
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:663232Submit Correction
View count: 146
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, although it should have been marked as an HH-19G after 1962. 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 1967
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: 173
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: 173
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: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: 644
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: 644
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: 152
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: 152
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: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: 62
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: 62
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
View count: 187
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: 187
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: 829
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: 829
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: 76
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: 76
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
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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: 107
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: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
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
Registration / Serial:H-08
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Quilmes (SADQ / ILM)Map
Country:Argentina
Photo Date:11 November 2023
Photo by:Sandro RotaContact
Photo ID:624898Submit Correction
View count: 152
Preserved at the E.E.S.T. Nº 7 "T.R.Q" or Escuela de Educación Secundaria Técnica Nº7 "Taller Regional Quilmes" (Technical Secondary School #7 "Regional Workshop Quilmes").
Registration / Serial:H-08
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Quilmes (SADQ / ILM)Map
Country:Argentina
Photo Date:11 November 2023
Photo by:Sandro RotaContact
Registration / Serial:H-08
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Quilmes (SADQ / ILM)Map
Country:Argentina
Photo Date:11 November 2023
Photo by:Sandro RotaContact
Photo ID:624898Submit Correction
View count: 152
Preserved at the E.E.S.T. Nº 7 "T.R.Q" or Escuela de Educación Secundaria Técnica Nº7 "Taller Regional Quilmes" (Technical Secondary School #7 "Regional Workshop Quilmes").
Registration / Serial:H-08
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky H-19A (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55135
Operator Titles:Argentina - Air Force
City / Airport:Quilmes (SADQ / ILM)Map
Country:Argentina
Photo Date:11 November 2023
Photo by:Sandro RotaContact
Registration / Serial:OO-SHD
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):55558
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Rotterdam - Katshoek Heliport (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:January 1954 to September 1955
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:623461Submit Correction
View count: 110
Brussels - Rotterdam was one of the first scheduled inter-city passenger helicopter services from September 1953. OO-SHD was with Sabena from January 1954 until April 1956 when it went to the French air force as 55558. Postcard, my copy stamped on 30 September 1955.
Registration / Serial:OO-SHD
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55558
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Rotterdam - Katshoek Heliport (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:January 1954 to September 1955
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:OO-SHD
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):55558
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Rotterdam - Katshoek Heliport (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:January 1954 to September 1955
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:623461Submit Correction
View count: 110
Brussels - Rotterdam was one of the first scheduled inter-city passenger helicopter services from September 1953. OO-SHD was with Sabena from January 1954 until April 1956 when it went to the French air force as 55558. Postcard, my copy stamped on 30 September 1955.
Registration / Serial:OO-SHD
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55558
Operator Titles:Sabena
City / Heliport:Rotterdam - Katshoek Heliport (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:January 1954 to September 1955
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:53-4425
Alternate Serial:34425
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55764
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Collection:Seoul War Museum
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:621864Submit Correction
View count: 79
Although painted to represent its time with the USAF, this HH-19 also served with the RoKAF.
Registration / Serial:53-4425
Alternate Serial:34425
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55764
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Registration / Serial:53-4425
Alternate Serial:34425
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55764
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Collection:Seoul War Museum
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:621864Submit Correction
View count: 79
Although painted to represent its time with the USAF, this HH-19 also served with the RoKAF.
Registration / Serial:53-4425
Alternate Serial:34425
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55764
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Registration / Serial:130156
Military Code:HL-24
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55213
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:HMR-362
City / Airport:Santa Ana - El Toro MCAS (KNZJ / NZJ) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957 to 1961
Photo from:Don Bennett CollectionContact
Photo ID:616219Submit Correction
View count: 150
Sikorsky 130156 delivered to the USA Marine Corps on 11th August 1952 and modified to a HR-3 in 3rd July 1956. Seen here serving as HL-24 with the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 at the Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, probably between 1957 - 61. This frame spent some time at the Canadian Museum of Flight, see C-GMFY for details and later history.
Registration / Serial:130156
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55213
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Santa Ana - El Toro MCAS (KNZJ / NZJ) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957 to 1961
Photo from:Don Bennett CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:130156
Military Code:HL-24
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55213
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Unit Markings:HMR-362
City / Airport:Santa Ana - El Toro MCAS (KNZJ / NZJ) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957 to 1961
Photo from:Don Bennett CollectionContact
Photo ID:616219Submit Correction
View count: 150
Sikorsky 130156 delivered to the USA Marine Corps on 11th August 1952 and modified to a HR-3 in 3rd July 1956. Seen here serving as HL-24 with the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 at the Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, probably between 1957 - 61. This frame spent some time at the Canadian Museum of Flight, see C-GMFY for details and later history.
Registration / Serial:130156
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HRS-3 (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55213
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Airport:Santa Ana - El Toro MCAS (KNZJ / NZJ) (closed)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:1957 to 1961
Photo from:Don Bennett CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:130228
Military Code:95
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky CH-19E Chickasaw (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55358
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Copenhagen / Harbour Langelinie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:31 August 1963
Photo by:Mogens Wahl (via Erik Frikke)Contact
Photo ID:615270Submit Correction
View count: 203
Registration / Serial:130228
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky CH-19E Chickasaw (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55358
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Copenhagen / Harbour Langelinie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:31 August 1963
Photo by:Mogens Wahl (via Erik Frikke)Contact
Registration / Serial:130228
Military Code:95
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky CH-19E Chickasaw (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55358
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Copenhagen / Harbour Langelinie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:31 August 1963
Photo by:Mogens Wahl (via Erik Frikke)Contact
Photo ID:615270Submit Correction
View count: 203
Registration / Serial:130228
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky CH-19E Chickasaw (S-55B)
C/n (msn):55358
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
City / Area:Copenhagen / Harbour Langelinie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Denmark
Photo Date:31 August 1963
Photo by:Mogens Wahl (via Erik Frikke)Contact