2 results found
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-47
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-47/VS-316A/R-4 Hoverfly
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:7 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:736820Submit Correction
View count: 70
US Army Air Force 43-46560 when delivered in 1944, this Hoverfly was transferred to the US Coast Guard (who had trained pilots and and mechanics with the type 1943 - 45) in 1946. Working for a time as a cropduster after 1948, the helicopter was acquired by the National Naval Aviation Museum in 1984.
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:7 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-47
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-47/VS-316A/R-4 Hoverfly
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:7 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Photo ID:736820Submit Correction
View count: 70
US Army Air Force 43-46560 when delivered in 1944, this Hoverfly was transferred to the US Coast Guard (who had trained pilots and and mechanics with the type 1943 - 45) in 1946. Working for a time as a cropduster after 1948, the helicopter was acquired by the National Naval Aviation Museum in 1984.
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:7 March 2015
Photo by:Gary VincentContact
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-47
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-47/VS-316A/R-4 Hoverfly
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Collection:National Museum of Naval Aviation
Photo Date:15 December 2002
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:147730Submit Correction
View count: 345
Ex USAAF R-4B Hoverfly I 43-46560 transferred to the US Navy and designated HNS-1 and operated by the US Coast Guard.
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2002
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-47
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-47/VS-316A/R-4 Hoverfly
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Collection:National Museum of Naval Aviation
Photo Date:15 December 2002
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield
Photo ID:147730Submit Correction
View count: 345
Ex USAAF R-4B Hoverfly I 43-46560 transferred to the US Navy and designated HNS-1 and operated by the US Coast Guard.
Registration / Serial:39047
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly
C/n (msn):111
Display Paint:USA - Coast Guard
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman Field (KNPA / NPA)Map
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2002
Photo by:R.A.Scholefield