Only Sikorsky HO3S-1 in USN markings on display in a museum

[Craig59]

Guessing this may be your HO3S...

Any idea where or when that photo was taken? What unit is that?

Dave,

All I know about the image is that I found it online and that it was serving at the time with HMX-1 at Quantico. You might try having the Naval Heritage Center search for the Aircraft History Card. The AHC will provide the full extent of the service history of the airframe. Sadly, the late WIX member Sid Nanson May have already had the information but, I doubt that it has been as yet transferred to the Sikorsky history group, but, I will certainly check.

Again, love the restoration!

Quick edit, see here:

https://www.quantico.marines.mil/News/P ... 001748161/

[daveswarbirds]

I found page 2 of the data card in our files...

[Craig59]

I found page 2 of the data card in our files...

Cool to see that it served at nearby Ream Field and that it also went through Overhaul & Repair at NAS San Diego.

[daveswarbirds]

I will contact NHHC and try to get page 1 from them. Maybe HX-1 will be on page 1. The history of HO3Ss in HX-1 as serving the president was mentioned in Wikipedia.

It would be interesting if it had been one of the helos assigned to President Eisenhower, as we used to have a VH-34 (buno 147410) in our collection that also was a helo for Eisenhower.

[daveswarbirds]

Is that a current listing? Wikipedia only lists about five HO3S survivors, and I don't think they are the same. I haven't heard of any Dragonflys that are still flyable, and assume that if it is not in a museum or private collection, it has been scrapped. It would be very difficult to keep one airworthy, as finding parts would obviously be very problematic.

If you have a way to easily check the microfilm for 122515, it would be great to see the first page of its history card!