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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70024

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: YSH-60B
Effectivity:: 0004
Lot Number:: N/A
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: preserved
Last Updated:: 2024-04-19

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
26 April 1980	161172	YSH-60B		Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
First Flight was on 26 April 1980 at the Sikorsky Facility, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

26 April 1980

161172

YSH-60B

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

First Flight was on 26 April 1980 at the Sikorsky Facility, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
August 1980	161172	YSH-60B		U.S. Navy
In August 1980 the Navy conducted Night Lighting evaluation using this aircraft at the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) at Patuxent River, Maryland. After going back to Sikorsky for the aircraft arrived back at Naval Air Test Center (NATC) on 12 October 1982 for testing of a prototype Rockwell-Collins 437R-2 tuned HF monopole and short-wire antenna system that Sikorsky had installed. On 10 January 1983 the Prototype HF antenna system was removed, and the original design long-wire antenna installed.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

August 1980

161172

YSH-60B

U.S. Navy

In August 1980 the Navy conducted Night Lighting evaluation using this aircraft at the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) at Patuxent River, Maryland.

After going back to Sikorsky for the aircraft arrived back at Naval Air Test Center (NATC) on 12 October 1982 for testing of a prototype Rockwell-Collins 437R-2 tuned HF monopole and short-wire antenna system that Sikorsky had installed. On 10 January 1983 the Prototype HF antenna system was removed, and the original design long-wire antenna installed.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 3

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
1983	161172	SH-60B		U.S. Navy
In 1983 the aircraft was re-designated SH-60B and transferred to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light 41 (HSL-41), NAS North Island, California. On 9 February 1984 the aircraft was placed in storage at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC), located in Tucson, Arizona. On 25 July 1988 the aircraft was transferred to NAS Pensacola, Florida. It may be located with the National Naval Aviation Museum.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

1983

161172

SH-60B

U.S. Navy

In 1983 the aircraft was re-designated SH-60B and transferred to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light 41 (HSL-41), NAS North Island, California.

On 9 February 1984 the aircraft was placed in storage at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC), located in Tucson, Arizona.

On 25 July 1988 the aircraft was transferred to NAS Pensacola, Florida. It may be located with the National Naval Aviation Museum.