Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw 52-7587 US Air Force by William Musculus
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United States Air Force Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw | 52-7573
Connecticut Air & Space Center | Stratford Sikorsky Memorial Airport (KBDR) | Sunday, May 7th, 2023
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
Specifications
Aircraft Type: Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
S/N 53-4426
Mission: Search and Rescue Helicopter
Number Built: During 10 years of production 1,181 H-19 Chickasaw helicopters were produced.
Powerplant: One Wright R-1300-3 radial air-cooled engine, 800 horsepower
Weight
Empty 5,250 lbs.
Loaded 7,900 lbs.
Dimensions
Rotor diameter 53′
Length 42’3″
Height 13’4″
Performance
Maximum speed 112 MPH
Cruising speed 91 MPH
Service ceiling 5,800 feet
The UH/HH-19 Chickasaw is the original Air Force “Whirlybird” helicopter. It was first test flown during November 1942. It was developed from the Sikorsky S-55 and was the first transport helicopter to receive Civil Aviation Authority approval for commercial operation. The first Military version was test flown in November 1949, and production continued until March 1961. The Korean War provided a rigorous proving ground for the Chickasaw’s payload carrying capabilities.
In July 1952, two Military Air Transport Service H-19s completed the first transatlantic helicopter flight from Westover AFB, Massachusetts to Prestwick, Scotland by way of Labrador and Greenland. This flight was completed in 42 hours and 25 minutes.
This aircraft was accepted by the USAF on 27 August 1954.
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
Specifications
Aircraft Type: Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
S/N 53-4426
Mission: Search and Rescue Helicopter
Number Built: During 10 years of production 1,181 H-19 Chickasaw helicopters were produced.
Powerplant: One Wright R-1300-3 radial air-cooled engine, 800 horsepower
Weight
Empty 5,250 lbs.
Loaded 7,900 lbs.
Dimensions
Rotor diameter 53′
Length 42’3″
Height 13’4″
Performance
Maximum speed 112 MPH
Cruising speed 91 MPH
Service ceiling 5,800 feet
The UH/HH-19 Chickasaw is the original Air Force “Whirlybird” helicopter. It was first test flown during November 1942. It was developed from the Sikorsky S-55 and was the first transport helicopter to receive Civil Aviation Authority approval for commercial operation. The first Military version was test flown in November 1949, and production continued until March 1961. The Korean War provided a rigorous proving ground for the Chickasaw’s payload carrying capabilities.
In July 1952, two Military Air Transport Service H-19s completed the first transatlantic helicopter flight from Westover AFB, Massachusetts to Prestwick, Scotland by way of Labrador and Greenland. This flight was completed in 42 hours and 25 minutes.
This aircraft was accepted by the USAF on 27 August 1954.
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
Specifications
Aircraft Type: Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw
S/N 53-4426
Mission: Search and Rescue Helicopter
Number Built: During 10 years of production 1,181 H-19 Chickasaw helicopters were produced.
Powerplant: One Wright R-1300-3 radial air-cooled engine, 800 horsepower
Weight
Empty 5,250 lbs.
Loaded 7,900 lbs.
Dimensions
Rotor diameter 53′
Length 42’3″
Height 13’4″
Performance
Maximum speed 112 MPH
Cruising speed 91 MPH
Service ceiling 5,800 feet
The UH/HH-19 Chickasaw is the original Air Force “Whirlybird” helicopter. It was first test flown during November 1942. It was developed from the Sikorsky S-55 and was the first transport helicopter to receive Civil Aviation Authority approval for commercial operation. The first Military version was test flown in November 1949, and production continued until March 1961. The Korean War provided a rigorous proving ground for the Chickasaw’s payload carrying capabilities.
In July 1952, two Military Air Transport Service H-19s completed the first transatlantic helicopter flight from Westover AFB, Massachusetts to Prestwick, Scotland by way of Labrador and Greenland. This flight was completed in 42 hours and 25 minutes.
This aircraft was accepted by the USAF on 27 August 1954.
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Specifications
Aircraft Type: Piasecki H-21B(CH) Workhorse, (Vertol)
Mission: Troop Carrier and rescue helicopter
Number Built: The United States Air Force ordered an evaluation and service trials batch of 18 YH-21s from Piasecki Helicopter Corporation in 1949. Following successful trials with these aircraft, 32 H-21As were ordered. Production of the Workhorse continued with the H-21B, ordered for service with Troop Carrier Command as an assault transport, and delivered from 1953. Production of the H-21B for the USAF totaled 163. Total H-21s was 213.
Powerplant: One Wright R-1820-103 Cyclone radial, air-cooled engine, 1,425 horsepower.
Weight
Empty 9,148 lbs.
Loaded 13,500 lbs.
Maximum takeoff weight 15,000 lbs.
Dimensions
Rotor diameter 44’6″
Length 52’6″
Height 15’5″
Performance
Maximum speed 127 MPH
Cruising speed 101 MPH
Service ceiling 7,750 feet
The CH-21 arctic rescue helicopter was developed by Piasecki from the world’s first tandem rotor transport helicopter, the XHRP-1. This helicopter was first flown in March 1945. The CH-21 was equipped with an R1820-103 Wright Cyclone piston engine de-rated to 1,150 horsepower. It was first flown in April 1952. The CH-21B was equipped with a 1,425 horsepower engine developing full shaft horsepower. The CH-21 was first delivered to the United States Air Force in 1953 and immediately placed into service in the Arctic without any formal service evaluation. The CH-21 had winterization features permitting operation at temperatures as low as -65 degrees Fahrenheit and could be routinely maintained under severe conditions. It was therefore used by both Canadian and USAF forces in the northern regions of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland in support of Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line installations.
This aircraft was accepted by the USAF on June 13, 1955.
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