Registration / Serial:AR1
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5102
Operator Titles:France - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:July 1951 to March 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:557754Submit Correction
View count: 287
Two of the earliest S-51s were acquired by the French navy in 1951 and 1952, receiving serials AR.1 (c/n 5102) and AR.2 (c/n 5106). AR.1 was damaged in Djibouti on 7 September 1951 while presumably on its way to Indochina with the aircraft carrier Arromanches. AR.2 did make it to Indochina later. Both helicopters withdrawn from use at Saint-Raphaël, France in March 1955.
Registration / Serial:AR1
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5102
Operator Titles:France - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:July 1951 to March 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:AR1
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-51 (H-5/HO3S Dragonfly)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5102
Operator Titles:France - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:July 1951 to March 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:557754Submit Correction
View count: 287
Two of the earliest S-51s were acquired by the French navy in 1951 and 1952, receiving serials AR.1 (c/n 5102) and AR.2 (c/n 5106). AR.1 was damaged in Djibouti on 7 September 1951 while presumably on its way to Indochina with the aircraft carrier Arromanches. AR.2 did make it to Indochina later. Both helicopters withdrawn from use at Saint-Raphaël, France in March 1955.
Registration / Serial:AR1
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-51
C/n (msn):5102
Operator Titles:France - Navy
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:July 1951 to March 1953
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact