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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-51 / R-5F / HO3S
    Latest Model:S-51
    Last Military Serial:9607 RCAF
    Construction Number:51-166
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky S-51 sn 9607 RCAF cn 51-16...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-51.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9607.

    Transferred to Joint Air Training School, Rivers, MB.

    Circa 1960

    To Aero Space Museum of Calgary, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB.
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    By October 1978


    Photographer: Henry Tenby Collection

    Markings Applied: 9607 VC-GBC

    18 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Aero Space Museum at Calgary

    18 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Data plate

    To The Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB.
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