Registration / Serial: | 1489 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-61 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-61 (H-3/HSS-2/Sea King) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican (S-61R) |
C/n (msn): | 61666 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
Unit Markings: | CGAS Astoria |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | 20 October 1981 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 365833Submit Correction |
View count: | 893 |
The USCG operated forty Sikorsky HH-3F Pelicans from 1967 (and converted three ex-USAF HH-3Es in 1989) until they were replaced by the Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk in the 1990s. Based out of Coast Guard Air Station Astoria in Oregon, this one went to AMARC March 12, 1992.
Registration / Serial: | 1489 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican (S-61R) |
C/n (msn): | 61666 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map | Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | 20 October 1981 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Registration / Serial: | 1489 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-61 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-61 (H-3/HSS-2/Sea King) |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican (S-61R) |
C/n (msn): | 61666 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
Unit Markings: | CGAS Astoria |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | 20 October 1981 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 365833Submit Correction |
View count: | 893 |
The USCG operated forty Sikorsky HH-3F Pelicans from 1967 (and converted three ex-USAF HH-3Es in 1989) until they were replaced by the Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk in the 1990s. Based out of Coast Guard Air Station Astoria in Oregon, this one went to AMARC March 12, 1992.
Registration / Serial: | 1489 |
Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican (S-61R) |
C/n (msn): | 61666 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Coast Guard |
City / Airport: | Victoria - International (CYYJ / YYJ)Map | Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Photo Date: | 20 October 1981 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |