Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Hop-A-Long
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:18 August 2013
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:70906Submit Correction
View count: 231
This H-19 is in fact 52-7587 but painted in these markings to honour 'Hopalong', one of two H-19s to make the first helicopter crossing of the Atlantic, from Westover AFB, MA to Prestwick, during the summer of 1952.
Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:18 August 2013
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Hop-A-Long
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:18 August 2013
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:70906Submit Correction
View count: 231
This H-19 is in fact 52-7587 but painted in these markings to honour 'Hopalong', one of two H-19s to make the first helicopter crossing of the Atlantic, from Westover AFB, MA to Prestwick, during the summer of 1952.
Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:18 August 2013
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact