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Navy Helicopter Flying Over Antarctica

from Smithsonian Institution

  • Sam said:
    This must be one of the first service helicopters.
  • delphido said:
    Perfect !!!
  • Walter B said:
    Very cool! This is an amazing shot! God loves you, and Jesus died for you.
  • Andrew McGeechan said:
    One of these performed the first actual rescue using a hoist on 29th of September 1945 when an oil barge with two seamen on board broke lose during a storm near the Sikorsky plant in Bridgeport Connecticut. Test Pilot Dimitry 'Jimmy ' Viner flew an R-5D (43-46642) in 65 mph winds and pulled both men to safety. The first rescue from a carrier was also by one of theses - now designated HOS3S-1 of Squadron HU-2 operating from the USS Leyte (CV-32) Ensign Robert Lynch plucked an F8F Bearcat pilot from the sea on 2nd of November 1948.

HO3S BuNo 122714 ""Honey Bucket"" from HU-1 taking off from carrier deck NHHS Photo

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HO3S engaged in hoisting a person from a ship at sea NHHS Photo

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  • Brian Miller said:
    This is an HO2S

Icebreaker with Equipment in Antarctica

from Smithsonian Institution

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  • Pablo Trincado said:
    amazing antartic serie!
  • Fatima Deniz said:
    muy buena la foto saludos
  • striped cast said:
    WOW , what a beautiful work , excellent data and description .
  • Felipe_Bezerra said:
    wow i didnt know that the navy used helicopters back in '47! great photograph!
  • Andrew McGeechan said:
    Felipe_Bezerra First landing aboard ship by a USN helicopter was in 1943 ! This one is a Vought-Sikorsky R-5 A. soon to be the 'H'-5 Licence produced in Britain as the Westland Dragonfly. The designation 'H' was given to helicopters from 1949