Aircraft Photo of N90935 | Sikorsky S-58DT | Carson Helicopters | AirHistory.net #19915
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N90935
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-58DT
C/n (msn):581147
Operator Titles:Carson Helicopters
Location
City / Airport:Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne CountyMap
Region / Country:Michigan, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KDTW   IATA: DTW   Local: DTW   Other: -
 
Photo Date:June 1986
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 19915
Photo Comment

Built in 1959 as an HUS-1 Seahorse (USMC 147186, re-designated as UH-34D 1962) then civilianised as an S-58E. Converted to S-58DT with turbo PT6T power and to the Fuerza Aérea Argentina as H-02 for presidential use. Evacuated President Isabel Peron during 1976 coup d'etat. Wfu 1980 and to Helicopteros Marinos as LV-OCM but seized for service with FAA again, being operated by Esc. Fenix during Falklands/Malvinas War 4-6.82. Sold back to USA 1985; registered to California Helicopter Int'l in 2006

This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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