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A LAA Sikorsky S-51 departs from the Terminal Annex Post office roof on its inaugural airmail flight, 1947. A LAA Sikorsky S-61 landing at the Disneyland Resort. Los Angeles Airways commenced airmail service on October 1, 1947, followed by scheduled passenger service in November 1954, making it the world's first scheduled helicopter airline.
Los Angeles Airways Flight 417 was a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter that crashed on August 14, 1968 in the city of Compton, California. All eighteen passengers and three crew members were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire. According to the National Transportation Safety Board the probable cause of the accident was fatigue failure ...
Data from International Directiory of Civil Aircraft General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: up to 30 passengers Length: 58 ft 11 in (17.96 m) Height: 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) Empty weight: 12,336 lb (5,596 kg) Gross weight: 16,164 lb (7,332 kg) Max takeoff weight: 19,000 lb (8,618 kg) Powerplant: 2 × General Electric CT58-140 turboshaft engines, 1,500 shp (1,100 kW) each Main rotor diameter: 62 ...
A Sikorsky S-61 of the airline. San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines was one of the first helicopter airlines to operate without a federal subsidy [3] and it was also the first to operate with only turbine engine helicopters. Since helicopter landing sites were scarce at that time, the port of Oakland's board committee supported the ...
Los Angeles Airways Flight 841 was a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter that crashed at 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 1968, in the city of Paramount, California. All twenty passengers and three crew members were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.
Template:Sikorsky S-61 family; Sikorsky S-61R; Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King; W. Westland Sea King This page was last edited on 4 May 2024, at 13:06 (UTC). Text ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Sikorsky S-61" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Los Angeles Airways Flight 417;
The first operator of the S-61L was Los Angeles Airways, who introduced the type to service on 11 March 1962. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Another noteworthy Sea King variant, the significant change this time being the adoption of a conventional fuselage, the Sikorsky S-61R , was also concurrently developed for transport and search and rescue (SAR) duties ...