Warbird Information Exchange

Back in the middle 70's my squadron HC-3 at NASNI restored a S-52 that we put in the San Diego air museum but burned up in there fire. I might beable to find my pix.

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There seems to be a lot of confusion about the various early Sikorsky models. For clarity:

S-48 (YR-5 and early R-5)

http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_ph ... korsky.php

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XR-5


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YR-5

S-51 (later R-5 and H-5)





H-5H (note the ugly fusalage blisters for carrying stretchers internally):


This one is in Alaska

S-55 (H-19)



S-58 (H-34)


The Screaming Mimi:



I hope this helps.

Art S.

Several images didn't load correctly,; let me try again:

XR-5:

S-48 R-5 SO2S



From aviastar.org

S-58 H-34

Um, the helicopter I'm looking for looks like this:



Ryan

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That is the Sikorsky R-6, which is basically a cleaned up R-4.
Nash Kelvinator produced the R-6A version which looked very similar.

Yeah, you're right, I guess I got in too much of a hurry. I guess I have to start another thread.

Ryan

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The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

S-51 in a Japanese museum!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25679727@N00/2887467712/

I've read when the H-5G was fully fitted with awinch and other rescue gearit was said to have.."A useful load of several verbal messages".

I wish I'd said that!

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Not to sidetrack but, What the heck is that 30's looking aircraft in the Japanese museum?

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I think you'll find it was a record breaking aircraft (distance).

Noone has a list of R-5/H-5/S-51 survivors?

I know, off thread, but I assume that the Japanese record breaker is a reproduciton? And how about the Miss Veedol - anyone know the story on that?

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Kevin McCartney

Miss Veedol was a Bellanca, but I think this one is a replica.
The other silver and red aircraft looks like an AN-2, but I don't think it is.
Jerry

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