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qh-50c
DS-1329

001329
DS-1329 001329 preserved at USS Lexington museum, Corpus Christi by Sep24
sa316b
132/1078

V-256
132/1078 V-256 preserved at the Wernigerode Museum by Oct24
412sp
33172

EC-MFU
33172 EC-MFU Rotorsun SL from Mar21; Oct24 still
CH-46D
2386

154035
2386 154035 My name is BM2 Steven Meisner, I still have nightmares about this night. I was the Flight Deck Safety Officer (enlisted) It was a hazy night with no discernible horizon. The pilots seemed to be having difficulty with practicing VertRep operations or what we called Rocks
as350b3
4081

CS-HFX
4081 CS-HFX Firefighting based at Aerodromo de Coimbra
ch-47f
M.8719

06-08719
M.8719 06-08719 Brevard, NC. Supply drop
h145d2
20084

G-WYDN
20084 G-WYDN Wales Air Ambulance, as Helimed 57
ch-47d
M.3168

N344RA
M.3168 N344RA 10:45 AM taking off from Ravalli Cpunty Airport, Hamilton, MT headed East
505
65056

G-DONE
65056 G-DONE Seen departing Manston
ch-47f
M.8781

09-08781
M.8781 09-08781 Flying over Taylor’s SC heading towards Greenville SC
Wasp
f.9555

86
f.9555 86 Off the SA south-west coast;;Lt. Andy Kapp and I were the 2 SAAF pilots aboard the naval destroyer 'Simon vd Stel'. On the day before the accident, we had been doing 'Vectac' operations with the ship near Cape Columbine, when Andy's Wasp broke an oil cooler shaft. Andy volunteered to take 'my' Wasp 86 to Ysterplaat at 6 a.m. the next morning to get a replacement. Kees van Wolbeek was the photographer who took a lift the back of the Wasp, also to fetch some part. When the Wasp ditched, I don't think Kees wore a 'May West' or any flotation gear and he must have drowned, as the Wasp would have turned upside down upon hitting the water. We flew 'front doors' off, for the pilot and flight engineer's safety. Ysterplaat found and picked up the 2 crew members in their dinghy at around 10 a.m. Lt. Robert Schimmel (Bob)
407gx
54322

N402PD
54322 N402PD Omaha, NE
206l-3
51547

A2-HWN
51547 A2-HWN Okavango Delta, Botswana
mh-60r


166575
166575 SH-60 166575 has a miscoded modes box C2318 that was actually an USCG HC-144B. 166575 was last noted in January 2016
har10
wa411

XR479
wa411 XR479 XR479 flew with No.103.Sqn in Borneo in 1966
aw139
32018

9H-HLMG
32018 9H-HLMG Between 12:00 and 13:00 flight test southbound Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
ec130b4
4996

N353AM
4996 N353AM LifeNet of New York 7-8 at the Sidney Municipal Airport (N23), NY
uh-1h
13752

74-22428
13752 74-22428 Flying up here in Chattahooche/Oconee National Forest
aw139
31716

M-SHRM
31716 M-SHRM York Racecourse
s61n.mk2
61-809

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61-809 - At Shell FBO/VIH ramp
sa330e
1148

XW220
1148 XW220 Over Birmingham
105d
S-382

2-BREM
S-382 2-BREM Colsterworth, Lincolnshire. scrapped
S-64B
64-058

N6962R
64-058 N6962R Medford, OR
mv-22b
D0271

168616
D0271 168616 Darwin, Australia. This aircraft was named by HQMC as the Mishap Aircraft (MA) that crashed on Mecille Island on 27aug23
uh-1h
11373

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11373 - Seattle. airframe now in use as a training platform. Has been mounted on a scissor lift truck
aw109sp
22298

G-KRNO
22298 G-KRNO Castle Air Liskeard. Magpas Air Ambulance are to lease this after being without a helicopter since March/April time as a result of cancelling their contract with Gama Aviation. to get a new colour scheme similar to G-MGPS. Castle Air to provide pilots
s61n.mk2
61-809

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61-809 - At VIH Aerospace Hangars (YYJ) looks like it's being used as spare parts airframe
ch-47f
M.7706

ZK555
M.7706 ZK555 Ware,Herts /SHF384
407
53199

N612PH
53199 N612PH is at Bell Helicopter, Piney Flats, TN
UH-2B
147

151310
147 151310 NAS Norfolk, VA, SH-2F HSL-30. HT-0?? Last flight in this aircraft was on 27jul89 when I delivered it to SDLM in Dothan, Alabama for rework
UH-2B
123

150173
123 150173 HSL-30 NAS Norfolk, VA;;Flew this aircraft in the SH-2F configuration multiple times while assigned to HSL-30. HT-0?? Last flight was on 25jul90
UH-2B
185

152201
185 152201 HSL-30 NAS Norfolk, VA;;Flew this aircraft a couple of times while assigned to HSL-30. HT-042. I don’t think it was in their inventory until shortly before I flew it on this date. This was the last aircraft I flew while assigned to HSL-30 on 27jul90
UH-2A
70

149768
70 149768 HSL-34 NAS Norfolk, VA. Flew this aircraft in SH-2F configuration multiple times while assigned the HSL-34. HX-231. My last flight in this aircraft was on April 21st, 1992. I also flew this aircraft on the USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) in February-March, 1992.
UH-2B
147

151310
147 151310 HSL-34 NAS Norfolk, VA. Flew this aircraft multiple times in SH-2F configuration while assigned to HSL-34. HX-2?? My last flight in this aircraft was on 18dec91
SH-2F
228

162577
228 162577 VX-1 NAS PAX River, MD in SH-2F configuration; Flew this aircraft while i was assigned to HSL-34. The aircraft was assigned to VX-1 and I was flying it as part of the Magic Lantern initial training. The aircraft had GPS integrated into the Tactical Navigation (TACNAV) computer for the precision required to perform Mine Detection with the Kaman ML-30 Magic Lantern Mine Detection system.






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