I finally shot these remains of a helicopter at SFB today. Any idea what it was? It looks like a Russian MI-2 Hoplite.
Senga
I finally shot these remains of a helicopter at SFB today. Any idea what it was? It looks like a Russian MI-2 Hoplite.
Senga
Senga - Sikorsky S-55.
Still a nice catch though; shame there isn't more of it left.
Tom
"Keep 'em Flying"
Tom to the rescue!
Wow I would have never guess it was a Sikorsky!
Yes would have been nice if they left a little more of it together.
I wonder when it was last intact.
Senga
senga, don't forget that sikorsky was founded by Igor Sikorsy, a russian.
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
I didn't know that either :)
Senga
ukrainian :!:Originally Posted by cancidas
Can the magic of flight ever be carried by words? I think not.
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We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from.
oops. i was close though, do i still get a prize?
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
I've got a S-55 that sits right outside my office window here at CPM everyday.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0875923/L/
think I saw that whirlybird at big Bear in the 80's...
The beehive hummm of the JT9D and GE CF680C2,the thunder of the JT8D-17,the rumble of the PW1830 and the high ,thin whine of the PW 545A are all music to my ears!
I have a shot of a couple of them!
The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".
PizzaPolli, Nice shot there does that one still fly? It looks like it just rolled off the assembly line.
Thats a lot of Junk there Fred :)
What airport is that?
I'd rather have the front that the middle.
Senga
That particular S-55 was the first helicopter to fly paying passengers back in 1953 for New York Airways. There is a web site dedicated to N111VA:
http://www.s-55.net/
The helicopter was in flying condition until this past October. The owner decided he was going to fly it back east to put in a museum but before he got there he ran into some problems.
Here's what happened:
Every month or so they would come out, fire it up and let it run a bit. Whenever they ran it though it would backfire continuously and it never quite sounded right. Nevertheless they decided they were going to fly it off to Arizona to get work done rather than flatbed truck it there.
They took off on a Saturday afternoon from CPM and while they were still over the runways lost power. Somehow they recovered though but instead of returning to the field they pushed on. It never made it above 400 ft and ended up coming down in an elementary school parking lot 8 miles away. No one was hurt but the rotor blades hit a tree and had to be removed. It was trucked back to CPM and now it sits waiting for its replacement blades and then maybe the trip back east; this time on the back of a truck though.
-Andrew
Chandler AZ.... or Was Chandler AZ
More on a thread here
http://www.nycaviation.com/forum/viewto ... t=chandler
The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".
Thanks foe the info PizzaPolli/ Derf.
PizzaPolli, were will it be going when it goes back east?
Senga
I'm not sure. It believe it was a museum in the mid-atlantic somewhere. I'll ask the owner next time I see him.
-Andrew
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