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sikorsky s-51 H-5

1943        


Model History:

Derivatives and Versions of this model:

ModelYearHistory
    westland dragonfly     1949 In December 1946, Westland Aircraft signed an agreement to build under licence the world's first successful operational helicopter, the US Si ...




Organisations / Units with this Model:

    Organisation     Del'd Units (bold=current)Bases/Heliports
1953/??1 marine luchtvaartdienst
1953/59     vsq 8Valkenburg 1952/68
1951/65 prefectura naval argentina
1947/643 Royal Australian Air Force
1947/647 royal canadian air force (1945-1968)
1951/552 aéronautique navale
1952/599 armée de l'air     westland dragonfly
1950/6771 Fleet Air Arm     westland dragonfly
1953/5816 Royal Air Force     westland dragonfly
1948/683 suid-afrikaanse lugmag



Construction Numbers on database of s-51 H-5 or its versions
1private owner/unknown
1Royal Australian Air Force
2aéronautique navale         - french navy
1Fleet Air Arm
1westland
1US Army Aviation
1suid-afrikaanse lugmag         - south african air force


Construction Numbers of this Model: Help Us    

C/NVersionBuiltHistory
    51-02 1946 aéronautique navale 5102 : ex N92800, dd Jul 1951 to Aéronavale. Damaged in Djibouti Sep 1951, Rebuilt with parts from (R-5A ?) 43-46607 Jul 1952. wfu Mar 1955.
    51-06 1946 aéronautique navale 5106 : ex N92804, dd Feb 1952 to Aéronavale. Damaged at Arzeus Aug 1953, repaired, wfu Mar 1955 ?
    51-17 1947 westland G-AJHW : One of six S-51s imported by Westlands for evaluation and to seed the Dragonfly programme. To UK Admiralty for trials.
Fleet Air Arm WB220 : ex G-AJHW. To RN for a short period in 1949 to begin deck landing trials on HMS Vengeance (R71), whilst problems with the Dragonfly development were still being solved. Returned to Westlands, May 1949 as G-AJHW.
Royal Australian Air Force A80-374 : After more work as G-AJHW, including some Antarctic Survey flights, sold to Canada as CF-JTO. Believed this airframe became A80-374 with RAAF in May 1951. Served with 22 (City of Sydney) Sq 1961, became ground instructional airframe 1964. Preserved RAAF Museum, Point Cook. Help needed to confirm that CF-JTO and A80-374 are the same airframe.
    51-36 US Army Aviation 47-484 : U.S. Army Air Corps R5F
N92868 Carolinas Aviation Museum: N92868 had been assigned to a U.S. Army Air Corps R-5F BuNo 47-484 a Sikorsky S-51 c/n 5136 and as Oct09 is currently on display at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte,NC and is on loan from the U.S. Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, VA
    51-102 suid-afrikaanse lugmag A1 : SAAF. preserved museum Swartkop (FASK)
    5 C/N found.



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