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The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 [a] and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327 [1]) is a helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.. It was used by the United States Air Force, and its predecessor, the United States Army Air Forces, as well as the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard (with the designations HO2S and HO3S).
Dragonfly HR.5 Air-sea search and rescue helicopter for the Royal Navy with Alvis Leonides 23/1 engine and updated to instruments and avionics. 25 modified from HR.1 and HR.3. Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Mk.1A Civil transport helicopter powered by a 520 hp (388 kW) Alvis Leonides 521/1 radial piston engine, 36 built. Westland-Sikorsky WS-51 Mk.1B
SAR flying boat: 24 October 1947: ... Sikorsky H-19D ... Westland S-51 — Dragonfly: helicopter: 5 October 1948: 1 February 1953: 2 [2] References
It is now owned by the Louisville Naval Museum Inc as-of September 2020. These boats were also used during the Korean War, but were superseded by other boats and by PBY Catalina flying boats and other aircraft such as the 1946 purpose-built Sikorsky S-51 helicopter, designated as the H-5 by the USAAF and as the H03S by the United States Navy.
From the mid-1950s the company came to increasingly concentrate on helicopters, eventually to the exclusion of other types. Production started with the Sikorsky S-51, which became the Westland Dragonfly, flying for the first time in 1948 and entering service with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force in 1953.
Westland Dragonfly a license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-51; Westland Wessex a turbine-powered version of the Sikorsky S-58; Westland Whirlwind a license-built version of the U.S. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw with British engines. Westland Widgeon a private venture by Westland Aircraft as an improvement on the Westland WS-51 Dragonfly
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It primarily served with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm in anti-submarine and search and rescue roles. It was also exported to other countries, and the Whirlwind was succeeded by the turbine powered Westland Wessex (based on the Sikorsky H-34) which was developed from the H-19/Whirlwind. The helicopter was made in many variants using a variety ...