Aircraft Photo of 143945 / 3945 | Sikorsky HSS-1 | USA - Navy | AirHistory.net #684547
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:143945
Alternate Serial:3945
Military Code:NT-60
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HSS-1
C/n (msn):58726
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Unit Markings:HS-8
Location
City / Airport:Kekaha - Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range FacilityMap
Region / Country:Hawaii, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: PHBK   IATA: BKH   Local: BKH   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1960
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 684547
Photo Comment

'HS-8 helicopters at ALF Bonham.' 143930 is also seen. HS-8 was based in California. This location on Kauai, Hawaii was originally a private airfield of the Knudsen family. In 1928, Charles Kingsford Smith used Barking Sands for his flight across the Pacific in the Fokker F.VII-3m Southern Cross. Other names were Mana Airport, Bonham AFB and Bonham Auxiliary Landing Field. Photo by: Charles Hansen / Library of Congress

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