| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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. It was added on 19 November 2017, and has since been viewed 2893 times. |