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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 ...
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 ...
The S-61, registered AP-AOC, left Dacca at 14:03 local time on 2 February 1966 and within 15 minutes an oil leak had started from a pipe connected to the main gearbox. [1] The flight continued and while the helicopter was at an altitude of 500 feet (152 m) crossing the Padma River the sole survivor noticed that the oil leak was visible in the ...
The S-61R type, in this case an HH-3E has a rear ramp, shown here open to load a patient (1992) The Sikorsky S-61R was developed as a derivative of their S-61/SH-3 Sea King model. It features a substantially revised fuselage with a rear loading ramp, a conventional, though watertight, hull instead of the S-61's boat-hull, and retractable ...
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 ...
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Police in East Windsor, N.J., arrested a 24-year-old man on Dec. 23, and charged him with misusing the town’s 911 system for allegedly calling emergency dispatchers a total of 17 times.
In 1972 the company expanded into the use of heavy lift helicopters, acquiring a number of Sikorsky S-61. In March 1973 the massive Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane was added to the fleet, with a lift capacity of 20,000 pounds. [citation needed] In 1974 Smith became aware that the Johnson Flying Service was looking to sell its assets.