Aircraft Photo of N739A | Sikorsky S-55 | L A Airways - Los Angeles Airways | AirHistory.net #398867
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N739A
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-55
C/n (msn):55896
Operator Titles:L A Airways - Los Angeles Airways
Location
City / Airport:Los Angeles - InternationalMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KLAX   IATA: LAX   Local: LAX   Other: -
 
Photo Date:May 1961 to December 1963
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 398867
Photo Comment

Difficult to read, the reg looks more like N739A than N738A and, while the latter was an S-55, it does not seem to have served with LA Airways. The 1950s LAX tower is seen and, together with the tail of Convair 880 N826TW which shows in the original photo, probably dates the photo in mid-1961 before the modern airport west of Sepulveda Boulevard opened. N739A was returned to Sikorsky in 1963 and sold to the Argentine navy. Photo from: Greg Gayden

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