Warbird Information Exchange

Never saw the nose opened up for inspection till the "Open Cockpit Night".

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Wes

Hope our H-19 looks that good one day. Does anyone have a picture of the other H-19 that was part of the first helicopter transatlantic flight?

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Nice looking restoration. Looks like the lighting in the place was a bit of a challenge.

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Lighting and "back-up" space is always a challenge at the meseum.
But rewarding none the less.
Just to see the birds, learn of their history, the men who flew them, and their place in OUR history.

Here is a link to the transatlantic flight & the "other bird".

http://www.rotorheadsrus.us/documents/221.html

BTW: Your illustrations are "top notch!"

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Wes

Not really a helicopter guy but looked it over anyway. The helicopter here is at the USAFM and is really 52-7587 I think. Researching the helo transatlantic flight there were two...Hopalong and WhirlOway...51-3893 and 3890. See the story and pics....

http://www.rotorheadsrus.us/documents/221.html

The original Hopalong was given to the Nebraska State Technical college and is seen in these pictures....

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NE/Airfields_NE_W.htm

It is amazing to think that this fairly historical helicopter could possibly survive... Is it possible that she remains or was she scrapped in the 1998-2000 timeframe when the school ended its vo-tech program.

It would be neat to find this one extant.

Can anyone help find out if the original Hopalong is still out there?

More information found!!!!

http://www.retsyl.us/media/Local_Base_R ... Jul_06.pdf