NASM's Sikorsky JRS-1

[mike furline]

JRS-1 1-J-1

https://www.si.edu/object/sikorsky-jrs- ... 9610112000






JRS-1 in flight along Northern Coast of Molokai, T.H. July 17, 1940

[Pat Carry]

Nice photos. Hopefully one day it can be restored.

[Invader26]

I like it in its current state given it's history

[lucky52]

Anybody know where that in flight picture near the mountains was taken?

[junkman9096]

Anybody know where that in flight picture near the mountains was taken?

I'll guarantee you it was in and around Hawaii. There's a number of photos of a sister ship to be found in Google's Life Magazine Archives. Search under "Navy in Hawaii"
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8a4ec705e1216028_large (check out the crewman in the forward hatch).
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/a0 ... 5410c.html
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a7d350a0682c1943_large

[mike furline]

Anybody know where that in flight picture near the mountains was taken?

It's right under the pictures - "JRS-1 in flight along Northern Coast of Molokai, T.H. July 17, 1940".

[Mark Sampson]

The JRS-1 doesn't look much different than when I saw it at Sliver Hill c.1990. "Ars longa, vita brevis", sure, but one would hope for some progress in thirty years. At least it's stored inside.