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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-51 / R-5F / HO3S
    Latest Model:S-51
    Last Military Serial:9603 RCAF
    Construction Number:5130
    Latest Owner or Location:American Helicopter Museum, Brandywine Airport, West Chester, Pennsylvania

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a S-51.

    By October 1976


    Photographer: Henry Tenby Collection
    Notes: Photographed at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, AB.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9603.

    To American Helicopter Museum, Brandywine Airport, West Chester, PA.
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    9 October 2013


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This fine vintage 1947 helicopter, wearing Royal Canada Air Force markings, has been preserved at the American Helicopter Museum.


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