And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I flew in one when fighting fires in California when I was on a IR crew, it was like sitting in a metal garbage can while 20 pissed off chimps were beating the outside with clubs, a god awful super loud racket. Huey's were loud but not near as bad as a Sikorsky.
The CG got a deal on the running gear in the early 60's and Sikorsky built the HH-52A with it. It used a de-rated GE T-58 for power and they used them for a lot of years. I enjoyed my years with them.
Yes! There are an unknown number sill in service world wide. There is a "Warbirds" page that list the number of registered airworthy Sikorsky's in the US.---Ray
LA Sheriff flys them for search and rescue work.
ReplyDeleteYes, there are a few civilian models still flying. sikorsky s55
ReplyDeleteFantasy of Flight in Florida is restoring an S55 one to airworthy status.
ReplyDeleteMade my first and second parachute jumps from an H-34 in Germany, circa 1962.
ReplyDeleteI flew in one when fighting fires in California when I was on a IR crew, it was like sitting in a metal garbage can while 20 pissed off chimps were beating the outside with clubs, a god awful super loud racket. Huey's were loud but not near as bad as a Sikorsky.
ReplyDeleteThe CG got a deal on the running gear in the early 60's and Sikorsky built the HH-52A with it. It used a de-rated GE T-58 for power and they used them for a lot of years.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed my years with them.
There was a short time when they were going to make Winnebagos (sp?) out of them. Never heard if any sold though.
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I remember that issue of Popular Science!
DeleteYes! There are an unknown number sill in service world wide. There is a "Warbirds" page that list the number of registered airworthy Sikorsky's in the US.---Ray
ReplyDeleteThere a whole field of them just west of Casa Grande AZ
ReplyDeleteI went to google maps to see if i could find them... there is a lot of country out that way!
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