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sikorsky s-51

in australia royal australian air force


   

   

Qty: 3     1947 to 1964    


History of this Model in this Organisation:

Following an evaluation of an S-51 ordered in Nov 1946, the RAAF concluded that one airframe was required in each State Capital for emergency relief work. Only 3 were eventually delivered.

Units with this Model in this Organisation:

YearsUnitsbold : Current Base of the Unit




Roles of this Model in this Organisation:

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Construction Numbers of this Model in this Organisation:

C/NBuiltIn this OrganisationIn other Org
    51-17 1947     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.
agusta-westland G-AJHW: One of six S-51s imported by Westlands for evaluation and to seed the Dragonfly programme. To UK Admiralty for trials.
royal navy 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.







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