'Impromptu heliport was set up in field near historic Nagoya Castle to serve as base for rescue operations by US Forces Japan choppers in wake of Typhoon Vera. More than 500 missions were flown by US rescue craft and a total of almost 5000 persons were carried to safety during the week-long operation.' Obviously Japanese helicopters are seen here, 40010 and 40015. Photo by: Ed Davis / US Air Force

This UH-19D was in storage by the USAF Museum restoration hangars across the airfield from the museum when I took this slide. It is now at the Museum of Aviation at Warner Robins AFB, Georgia, but is currently being restored and not on display as of July 2022.

I took this slide from a US Navy C-9B taxiing out for a flight from Seoul to NAF Atsugi, Japan. This UH-19D was delivered to the US Army on 28 February 1958, and at a later date was transferred to the Republic of Korea Air Force. This UH-19D still exists, and is on display at the Korean Aerospace Institute Museum at Sacheon Airport.

Built new in 1954 for the USCG with CG s/n 1307. After retiring from the CG, it was registered as N1028. Exported to Canada and registered C-GGRK, which was eventually cancelled on 8 September 1987. This a/c was not technically on display at the airshow, but was parked just behind the aircraft that were on display.

Ex-N63314, 55-3207

Ex Danish AF 88-884. Now preserved at Stauning Aircraft Museum in Denmark.

Ex US Navy (HO4S-3) 133744. Sold to South Africa as ZS-HDN on 19th November 1970, and now stored derelict at Swartkop, South Africa.

781 NAS. Admiral's barge.

After the end of the Korean War, Indian troops are airlifted to the Panmunjom buffer zone to supervise an exchange of prisoners. Note that the other helicopter belongs to the Marines. Photo by: Joe Scherschel / Life

Ex 51-14298.

Photographer: Daniel Ruhier

Delivered to the US Air Force on June 11, 1953, H-19B Chickasaw 51-3955 was retired to to MASDC on Jun 9, 1967. Brought to Canada in 1973 after turbine conversion as C-FLIB, the helicopter is pictured with Quasar Helicopters, who bought it sometime after 1975.

'National Airlines' seven-passenger Sikorsky S-55 is shown here landing at the new heliport set up adjacent to the Miami Beach Municipal Auditorium.' One of the few big US airlines to try the helicopter, National started a short-lived service between Miami, Miami Beach, Bal Harbour, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and West Palm Beach in February 1954. Flying magazine also reported daily flights between Miami Beach and Hialeah. Information is hard to find, but this heliport's location could be worked out from the Shelbourne South Beach hotel in the background with the Raleigh Hotel on the far right.

More than 20+ Sikorsky S-55s and S-58s are used for cherry drying in the Okanogan River Valley area near Brewster, of Washington. This S-55B was first delivered to Chicago Helicopter Airways in Sep. 1956 as N875 and operated scheduled passenger flights until replaced by larger S-58s. Later N875W. Exported to Canada 1980, C-GSWL had 7 owners (MF Air Service, South-West Heli., Silver Pine, G O Island Hopper, Far West Heli, Spica Energy & Keith Franklin) before sold in May 2006 to Golden Wings Avn/Dave Smith. One of 10 S-55s seen at Smith's Monse Heliport, 4 mi NE of Anderson Field, Brewster, WA

Photo dated 1953 by the source but helicopter listed as lost in take-off accident at Chodo Island, South Korea on 18 September 1952. Photo from: Melvin Horwitz / Central Connecticut State University

Seen at the 1954 National Airshow, this was the first of 10 delivered to the US Navy.

A four fold increase in the production of cherries in Washington State between 1999 and 2017 (26.5 million 20-pound boxes) is behind a major increase in the number of helicopters under contract to area growers to fan rainwater off maturing fruit to prevent splitting between May and August. This includes a remarkable fleet of about 15 Sikorsky S-55s operated by Golden Wings Aviation's Dave Smith (in 2016) and nine S-58s operated by VI 1 LLC based at Anderson Field in Brewster, WA and the nearby Monse heliport. This S-55 (ex 54-1422) and 14 others were re-registered to Sierra Aeronautics LLC of KY in 2021.