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The Sikorsky S-76 is a medium-size commercial utility helicopter designed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. It is the company's first helicopter specifically developed for the civilian market. The S-76 was developed during the mid-1970s, originally being designated S-74 but renamed in honor of the U.S ...
S. Swan Aviation Sikorsky S-76 crash This page was last edited on 14 March 2014, at 19:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
26 January – A Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion crashes while flying during a sandstorm in the Al-Anbar province of western Iraq, near the town of Ar-Rutbah. All 31 occupants were killed. 10 August – Sikorsky S-76C+ OH-HCI, operating Copterline Flight 103, crashes into Tallinn Bay. All 14 people on board are killed.
September 16: A Sikorsky S-76 ambulance helicopter crashed in Lantawan, Basilan, killing all four on board. [70] November 26: Two pilots and five others were hurt when a Huey carrying military casualties from counterinsurgency operations crash-landed due to mechanical trouble in Madalum, Lanao del Sur. [71]
Sikorsky CH-53C, 68-10933, c/n 65–231, Knife 13, [16] of the 21st Special Operations Squadron, departs from Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base with a crew of five and 18 USAF Security Police on board to assist in the recovery operation of the SS Mayaguez. The helicopter disappears from the airfield's departure radar 40 miles W of the ...
After graduating from Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, Lappos was hired by Sikorsky where he worked on the CH-53, UH-60, and RAH-66 helicopter platforms. [5] He was the Sikorsky S-76 Project Pilot on board for the maiden flight on 13 March 1977 at William P Gwinn Airport in Jupiter, Florida. [6]
ITT Exelis awarded $15 million contract for composite tail rotor blade assemblies on Sikorsky's S-76D™ helicopter SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ITT Exelis (NYS: XLS) has been awarded a ...
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