Aircraft Photo of 143945 / 3945 | Sikorsky HSS-1 | USA - Navy

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 This photo was added on 6 May 2024, and has since been viewed 231 times.

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

This photo was added on 6 May 2024, and has since been viewed 231 times.

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