Registration / Serial:KN841
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-49
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-49/VS-316B/R-6 Hoverfly II
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
Licence-built by:Nash-Kelvinator
C/n (msn):[ 43-45424 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:314074Submit Correction
View count: 754
'One of the more amusing performances of the RAF Display [at Farnborough in 1950] was that of the Sikorsky R-6 Hoverfly 2s (KN841, KN842, KN846 and KN862) of the AFEE, Beaulieu, which were transformed into 'elephants' with the addition of pink trunks and waggling ears.' Three of them performed each day to the directions of the 'Circus Ringmaster', Flt Sgt J D Hayhow. AFEE was the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment. 27 R-6As went to the RAF and FAA. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:KN841
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
C/n (msn):[ 43-45424 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:KN841
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-49
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-49/VS-316B/R-6 Hoverfly II
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
Licence-built by:Nash-Kelvinator
C/n (msn):[ 43-45424 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:314074Submit Correction
View count: 754
'One of the more amusing performances of the RAF Display [at Farnborough in 1950] was that of the Sikorsky R-6 Hoverfly 2s (KN841, KN842, KN846 and KN862) of the AFEE, Beaulieu, which were transformed into 'elephants' with the addition of pink trunks and waggling ears.' Three of them performed each day to the directions of the 'Circus Ringmaster', Flt Sgt J D Hayhow. AFEE was the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment. 27 R-6As went to the RAF and FAA. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:KN841
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II
C/n (msn):[ 43-45424 ]
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Region, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1950
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive