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Pictured below is the Sikorsky HRS, Bureau Number 130252 currently on display at the Flying Leatherneck Museum in San Diego. The museum recently completed an absolutely beautiful and accurate restoration of the aircraft. BuNo 130252 was placed into storage at DM on November 14, 1966. Its aircraft history card shows it "transferred" to Quantico on February 4, 1967 and SOC 4 days later.

My question is where is it on display in this photo? The A4D-2 (BuNo 142897) next to it offers no help as it doesn't appear to exist anymore. It's obviously very close to the water as evidenced by the CV in the background. Could this be Quantico or someplace closeby or somewhere in San Diego? As Quantico was headquarters for the then Marine Air-Ground Museum, the "transfer" may have been for paperwork purposes only, not the physical location of the aircraft.

Any help or thoughts are appreciated.

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Not sure where it was taken. But the photo was definitely not taken in San Diego or anywhere in S. California.

Looks like NAS MAYPORT, FL.

Why? Tree species? Building architecture? Help me out, thanks.


Again, why?

Thanks guys.

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Because I have been there, and background looks like I remember it. I may be wrong, but sure looks like Mayport to me.

It reminds me of NAS North Island in San Diego

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Not a chance it's Mayport. I lived there for 3+ years and fished off the carrier pier 4-5 times a week.
Where that helo sits would be the St John's river

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ok, I stand corrected. Memory must be fading. LOL.

Taigh,

That was my thought as well. I'm hopeful that someone who in the mid to late sixties might have been stationed wherever it is will recognize the location and/or the lounge in the background.


Yeah. Thanks for playing.

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Not North Island, or anywhere near San Diego. I lived in San Diego for 35 years and spent a lot of time on the military bases there. No brick buildings like that on any of the bases. Trees are not in San Diego.

The skyhawk association shows the Scooter to have been moved around quite a bit: NAS Lemoore, NAS Detroit, NAS Twin Cities anmd lastly NAS Floyd Bennett. I can rule out Lemoore, so are any of the others possibilites?

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CB,

Where on their site did you find this? In a previous search of their site I could only find one photo and one modex for BuNo142897. I'm assuming these were active duty stations and not static display locations?

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Craig,

I googled A4D-2 142897, which led me to a listing by Airfield http://a4skyhawk.org/3e/va811/nas-a4-unit-assign.htm and then just checked each field that had been listed under "Air Bases" here: http://a4skyhawk.org/2e/navy.htm

I am not sure if they are all active duty locations, or might include statics, but they do give an idea of the travels of that Scooter. Of course I do not know that that brings us any closer to the location of the HRS.

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Thanks CB!

Your research helps date the photo post September 1970 as BuNo142897 was Stricken 02Sep70.

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